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For the sixth consecutive year, Arizona grandmother Wanda Dench will sit down to Thanksgiving with Jamal Hinton, a young man she initially invited by text, mistakenly thinking she was talking to her grandson.

Marian Anderson was an American contralto. She performed a wide range of music, from opera to spirituals. Anderson performed with renowned orchestras in major concert and recital venues throughout the United States and Europe between 1925 and 1965.

Do you cosplay? Mo Green, the owner of Mo's Parlor in Bellingham, believes that all bodies deserve to cosplay.

How did the Tuskegee Veterans Hospital spark the fury of the KKK? Tuskegee was established as the first and only Veterans Hospital to provide equitable healthcare to Black Veterans returning from WWI.

One man having a ball in Paris is none other than Snoop Dogg, the hip hop great who's a special NBC Olympics correspondent during the Paris games.

Through the decades SWV had us "weak in the knees" for their music and their unforgettable hairstyles.

The mummies of Chile are the oldest in the world, but time, human development and climate change all pose a threat to the ancient relics.

“The Jennifer Hudson Show” Legend Series is Jennifer Hudson’s opportunity to acknowledge music’s most influential artists, presenting them with a one-of-a-kind award honoring their amazing accomplishments.

All of our favorites from the hit '90s show "Sister, Sister" are in the house!

The British Overseas Territory of 🇬🇮Gibraltar has a language like no other. Llanito (or Yanito) tells the story of this unique territory's history at the gateway to the Mediterranean Sea.

Vogue culture has been immortalized in shows and movies like “Pose” and “Paris is Burning.” The Vogue scene still thrives today in balls and competitive atmospheres for the queer community around the country.

The “Living Single” star looks back at 40 years in entertainment and unforgettable roles like the one and only Maxine Shaw.

Actor, comedian and author Whoopi Goldberg sits down with Seth Doane to discuss her memoir "Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me."

Silvia Hector Webber, the so-called “Harriet Tubman of Texas,” offered refuge and aid to enslaved people in South Texas. Researchers have uncovered her never-before-seen freedom papers documenting her role in the fight for freedom. A new exhibit at UT Aus...

Opal Lee was just 12 years old when a racist mob burned down her family's home in Fort Worth, Texas.

Double dutch jump rope took off in the U.S. in the 1940s and '50s. One group is keeping the tradition alive for people 40 and older, and the organization is only growing.