The World Cup has brought renewed attention to the art of celebration. Here’s a look at all kinds of athletes whose rituals ...

This drama is about a real-life organization that faced political persecution for rescuing African refugees on the ...

After leaving Balmain in November 2025, fans of Olivier and his work weren’t sure where he would land. Of course, rumors have ...

Some lives become so woven into the fabric of our culture that we experience their influence long before we ever learn their name. For generations of Black Americans, George E. Johnson, Sr., was one ...

In the mid-19th century, the remote island of St. Helena, located about 1,200 miles (1,900 kilometers) off the southwestern ...

Burning guitars, big suits, meeting the Beatles — the concert films, rockumentaries and artist portraits that stand head and ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Illinois State Representative Sonya Harper about George E. Johnson, the entrepreneur who invented Afro Sheen and other Black hair care products, who died last week.

Today the black hair product business is a billion-dollar industry, fueled by black women's desire to keep their tresses looking good. But hair in black America is not just about aesthetics. It's ...

Stars are rallying around Jennifer Finch, bassist for the rock band L7, as she battles an aggressive form of brain cancer.

The Rastafarian community says the ban on smoking cannabis infringes on their rights to religious freedom Kenya's High Court ...

When Black neighborhoods across America erupted in violence in the summer of 1967, President Johnson appointed a commission to find the cause for the unrest. Their findings offered an unvarnished ...