‘Signs of the Times’ markers map out Harlem’s rich Black history
Outside the Washington Heights branch of the Public Library in Manhattan stands a metal post topped with an unassuming blue ...
Josephine Baker, in her own words, amplifies her renown as provocateur
In Baker’s newly translated 1949 memoir, “Fearless and Free,” the boundary-breaking performer does not hold back on her ...
Gap and Harlem's Fashion Row launch bold new capsule celebrating Black designers
Gap and Harlem's Fashion Row have joined forces to champion Black designers, and launch a limited edition collection on ...
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The brief but shining life of Paul Laurence Dunbar, a poet who gave dignity to the Black experience
Cox, University of Dayton Paul Laurence Dunbar was only 33 years old when he died in 1906. In his short yet prolific life, Dunbar used folk dialect to give voice and dignity to the experience of Black ...
At Seattle Rep, ‘Blues for an Alabama Sky’ is beautiful but overstuffed
Love, loyalty and community shape a group of friends and lovers singing the blues in Depression-era Harlem in Pearl Cleage's ...