Tag: Black Arts
Support, Funding for Black Artists Is Fading
By Nadira Jamerson, Word in Black
This story is part of “All Those ‘Racial Reckoning’ Promises” Word In Black’s series exploring the pledges made to...
Lauryn Hill, Megan Thee Stallion Headline 2023 Essence Fest
By CHEVEL JOHNSON RODRIGUE, Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hip hop takes center stage at this summer's Essence Festival of Culture in New Orleans...
Comedian Trevor Noah Wins Prestigious Dutch Erasmus Prize
By Associated Press
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Comedian Trevor Noah, the former host of “The Daily Show,” has won the prestigious Dutch Erasmus Prize, becoming...
Ringgold, Unterberg, Vendler to be Honored by Arts Academy
By Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Author-visual artist Faith Ringgold, poetry critic Helen Hennessy Vendler and photographer Susan Unterberg will be honored this spring...
Meet Amerrah Garrison, A Rising Hollywood Star and Lover of ‘People Stories’
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
Amerrah Garrison, also known as A.G. Oktoberose, has won Char’Actors Michigan’s Great “AGON” Ultimate Monologue Slam.
A...