Premiering at Sundance, the documentary is compiled from footage taken by director David Greaves and his late father, William Greaves, of a gathering of Black luminaries in Duke Ellington's home.

Allison Robinson is an associate curator for a unique exhibit at the New York Historical Society Museum and Library, one that highlights the Gay Harlem Renaissance.

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The movement, in the early 1900s, came on the backs of Black artists, doctors and community leaders who in some cases have ...

The performance features Afrocentric choreography, ancestral storytelling and what organizers describe as a “cosmic celebration” of Black cultural legacy.

A once-in-a-lifetime dinner party from 1972 is transformed into a thrilling and inspiring hang-out movie ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1972, legendary documentarian and “Symbiopsychotaxiplasm” director William Greaves arranged a cocktail party at the home of ...

The transition from the tail end of the Harlem Renaissance to the Great Depression years of the early 1930s is the backdrop for playwright Pearl Cleage’s play “Blues for an Alabama Sky,” which is ...

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