Kirk Franklin reflects on 30 years of gospel music ministry, embracing his identity and staying rooted in Black gospel traditions while releasing his first double album.
Coco Jones was targeted with racist insults during a New York Fashion Week photoshoot but continued posing and smiling after responding, “I’m Black and I’m proud.”
by Aaron Foley, Michigan Chronicle editor at large
Steve Holsey, a veteran journalist who began writing for the Michigan Chronicle in his teens and would...
WILLIAM STILL
• October 7
1821—One of the most prominent Blacks in the Underground Railroad, William Still, is born near Bedford, Mass. The “Underground Railroad” was...
Nina Simone performs live on stage at the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, R.I., on July 4, 1968. David Redfern/Redferns
by Jason Miller, North Carolina...
