He and his wife, Vy Higginsen, poured all they had into “Mama, I Want to Sing,” a long-shot musical that became an enduring ...
Wang also teases in her phrasing, holding out certain notes (a suspension) until your ear is practically begging for resolution. Her gifts are well-known and on this night they were in full force: the ...
The Village Voice surveys a selection of books and online resources that map out resistance to Donald Trump’s racist and authoritarian goals.
The United States is a diverse country where every state has its own culture, history, and quirks — and some of those quirks ...
one of three civil rights workers murdered by the Ku Klux Klan in 1964 in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Accompanied by Marcus on keyboard, Christon Carney, a tenor, music educator and community ...
♦ Published in the print edition of the August 29, 1964, issue, with the headline “Plane to Mississippi.” Demonstrations following the murder of Floyd enter their third week. Here’s some ...
Bay Area teams have a rich history of big-time trades that have included the likes of Joe Montana, Willie Mays, Rickey ...
An accomplished artist himself, he and his brother created one of the few showcases in the U.S. for an emerging generation of Black artists in the late 1960s.
1962 — Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors scores 59 points in a 136-120 victory over the New York Knicks and beats his own single-season scoring record of 3,033 by six points. 1964 — Billy ...
Mr. Davis co-founded a Los Angeles gallery that became a hub of social activism and later became a guiding force for Maryland ...
"We strengthen one another": "Songs of Hope" concert celebrates the historical bond between Worcester's Black and Jewish communities.