"If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated."
Whitney Elizabeth Houston, born on August 9, 1963, in Newark, New Jersey, was a musical powerhouse whose influence still reverberates through the music industry today. Her mother, Cissy Houston, was…
Opened in 1920, Harlem’s Cotton Club was a red-hot venue. However, despite its location, the club’s audience was whites-only, in stark contrast to its cast of all-Black performers that for…
Duke Ellington, an iconic figure in black history, was a songwriter, pianist, and leader of his music band. He brought so much recognition to jazz music and scored thousands of…