Culture

Monica Denise Brown (née Arnold), known simply as Monica, was born on October 24, 1980, in Atlanta. Her parents are M.C. "Billy" Arnold Jr. and Marilyn Best. She has a younger brother, Montez, one paternal half-brother, and two maternal half-brothers. Her...

Sitcom about a singer who runs an L.A. nightclub, a young graduate and his irresponsible best friend and roommate who help her, her daughter, and their Scottish neighbor. Set in the same universe as The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten was an American folk and blues musician. She was a self-taught left-handed guitarist who played a guitar strung for a right-handed player, but played it upside down. This position meant that she would play the bass lines with her...

Basics of trimming your own natural hair in twists.

Natalie Maria Cole was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She was the daughter of American singer and jazz pianist Nat King Cole. She rose to prominence in the mid-1970s, with the release of her debut album Inseparable, along with the song "This...

Multiple Grammy winner and "Queen of Soul," Aretha Franklin was known for such hits as "Respect," "Freeway of Love" and "I Say a Little Prayer."

Ella Jenkins is an American folk singer and actress. Dubbed "The First Lady of the Children's Folk Song" by the Wisconsin State Journal, she has been a leading performer of children's music for over fifty years. Her album, Multicultural Children's Songs,...

Tevin Jermod Campbell is an American singer and songwriter. He performed gospel in his local church from an early age. Following an audition for jazz musician Bobbi Humphrey in 1988, Campbell was signed to Warner Bros. Records.

The Temptations began as a five-man group that formed in Detroit in 1961. The group was a merger of two local groups "The Primes" and "The Distants." The Primes consisted of veterans of the Detroit music scene Otis Williams, Elbridge (aka El, or Al) Bryan...

This video will help if you are starting or if you are ahead in your Spanish. Why? Well, because if you are a beginner, it teaches you the Spanish basics with the correct pronunciation of the words, phrases and verbs, and it teaches the correct context to...

These trailblazers broke barriers and shattered stereotypes — and went on to conduct research, discover treatments, and provide leadership that improved the health of millions.

Viewed as the "King of Ragtime," Scott Joplin was the foremost composer of the genre in the early 20th century, known for works like "The Maple Leaf Rag" and "The Entertainer."

For decades, most historical accounts of Nov. 14, 1960, featured Ruby Bridges as the sole child crossing hostile lines to attend an all-white school in the Ninth Ward, but there were three others.

Black Americans discuss how the different cultures in their cities and their personal experiences have shaped their worldviews.

The 5th Dimension is an American popular music vocal group. Their music encompasses sunshine pop, pop soul and psychedelic soul. Formed as the Versatiles in late 1965, the group changed its name to "the 5th Dimension" by 1966.

Juanita Odessa Jones Abernathy was an American civil rights activist, and the wife of Ralph Abernathy.