Saturday Feb 25th, 2012 – Saturday Mar 10th, 2012 California State University Northridge Fantastic Blackness is a bold and engaging exhibit of an insurgent and
Seattle native TJ Martin is the first black man to win an Oscar as a Director for his documentary “Undefeated”! Martin was just happy
Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Sean “P-Diddy” Combs have entered in to the world of television. My initial reaction was “Great”, but we’ve been here before.
The PBS series History Detectives did a segment on issue #2 of Negro Romance. The video features an appearance by Sequential Crush author, Jacque Nodell, and the website also provides scans of
Mathis was born in Gilmer, Texas, the fourth of seven children of Clem Mathis and his wife, Mildred Boyd. The family moved to San Francisco, California, settling on
The third installment of Negro Romance is set in the Cafe Ebonia, a segregated, Black night club, and its line of African American chorus girls.
The second story in Fawcett’s Negro Romance #2 is “Forever Yours”.
E. Simms Campbell was one of the first commercial Black artists in the US, with a career that stretched from the early 1930s to the
Nathan Cliff Heard was born in Newark on Nov. 7, 1936, to Nathan E. Heard, a laborer, and Gladys Fruitt, a blues singer. He
My sister from another mother, you went to my grandfather’s church. Today is your going home party and man it really hurts. To think you
As we prepare for the 43rd annual NAACP Images Awards, the Museum of UnCut Funk decided to take a trip down memory lane.
Born in Fayetteville, GA, actor Gary Anthony Williams attended Clayton State College. A classically trained actor, Williams honed his craft via involvement with the
Since Whitney Houston’s passing, there have been photos circulating of her engaging in activity the night before. This evening being the precursor if you will
The death of Whitney Houston at the age of 48 is a deep loss for the music world. But it also has reverberations in another
Whitney Houston was pronounced dead today at 3:43 pm Pacific time. She was found at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel, where she presently remains
Two of music’s favorite children made their transitions recently. One was once considered the Queen of the Blues, the other a Master of Funk. I’m
My mouth literally gaped open just now when I read the headline that television icon Don Cornelius was dead. It then opened wider when I
