JOE PLUMMER’S PRODUCTION, “GET READY,” IS PLAYING AT THE PITTSBURGH PUBLIC THEATER’S HELEN WAYNE RAUH REHEARSAL HALL THROUGH NOVEMBER 9.
by Genea L. Webb
For New...
• NOVEMBER 5
1867—The first Reconstruction Constitutional Convention takes place in Montgomery, Ala. In attendance were 90 Whites and 18 Blacks. Reconstruction would bring forth...
by Chat McDuffie
Howard University News Service
Forget movie of the year — “Sinners” is a cultural event, a cinematic reckoning that redefines what Black horror...
Pearl Primus
• OCTOBER 29
1929—The Stock Market collapses ushering in the Great Depression bringing about Black unemployment rates ranging from 25 to 40 percent. The...
MIRACLE JONES, RYN PARKS, DJ MANNY DIBIACHI AND CATHRYN CALHOUN WITH RIAN LOUIS (RED BLAZER).
by Naomi C. Ilochi
For New Pittsburgh Courier
A weekend in Pittsburgh...
JULIANDRA JONES
The August Wilson African American Cultural Center (AWAACC) is proud to present the Hip-Hop Art Camp, a two-part workshop series designed to inspire...
BOBBY SEALE
• October 22
1906—Three thousand Blacks demonstrated and rioted in Philadelphia to protest a theatrical production of Thomas Dixon’s racist play—“The Clansman.” The play...
Harper Lee with actor Mary Badham (‘Scout’ Finch), on the set of To Kill A Mockingbird in 1961. Leo Fuchs/Getty Images
by Paul Giles, Australian Catholic...
R&B ARTIST Eric Benet DELIGHTED THE PITTSBURGH CROWD AT THE ANNUAL JAZZ FESTIVAL, SEPT. 20. (PHOTO BY GAIL MANKER)
LOUISE WALKER CELEBRATES HER BIRTHDAY WITH...
