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– The event promises an unforgettable experience with vibrant live music, featuring the Derek Mack Band, and an array of tempting food trucks – OAKLAND PARK, Fla., Feb. 5, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Join us at Soul Fest as we honor Black History Month by celebrating the rich contributions and achievements of the African American […]
Accounts of the largely lost history of the African Grove Theatre include references to a sign that supposedly hung at the downtown New York venue founded by William Alexander Brown: “White people do not know how to behave at entertainments designed for ladies and gentlemen of colour.” Apocryphal or true, the sentiment gets to the […]
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) is the directorial debut of Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson about the Harlem Cultural Festival of 1969, which came to be known as “Black Woodstock.” Six weeks. Six free concerts. 300,000 people. A feast for the soul, the concert featured otherworldly performances by Sly and the Family […]
For many years, there was one kind of swim cap. It was ultratight, made of latex or silicone — and it was “one size fits all.” But those swim caps left out large groups of swimmers, adding to structural inequities that often keep people of color out of the pool. Many swimmers have celebrated recent […]
January 10, 2013 by 826chi in Beyond the Films In Soul Food Junkies, filmmaker Byron Hurt briefly describes what it used to be like for African Americans to travel in the United States. He talks about how blacks would take along boxed lunches in order to avoid being turned away from restaurants or dining cars. And […]
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