Discover seven essential American authors whose works have left their mark on the world of literature through their depth, originality and narrative power.

Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Coco Jones, Autumn Rowe and Amanda Jones will be acknowledged for their contributions to music. The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers will honor the trio at the ...

Cool Girl” writers like Joan Didion and Eve Babitz have been endlessly marketed to women. But what truths might men learn about women—and themselves—from these books?

It’s especially relevant as we dive into the lives of some of the most famous older Black actresses, singers, writers and activists ... a World Music Award, an American Music Award, a Rhythm ...

The words of these Black poets cut to the core of the human experience and the realities of being Black in America ...

THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO, a single sentence from baseball commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti still reverberates: "The matter of ...

Baton Rouge is home to one of the most prestigious literary prizes given to Black American writers, the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence. "Ernest Gaines is one of the most famous ...

People visiting the Center for African American History ... North Carolina A&T is a historically Black university in Greensboro. Famous alumni include South Carolina's Ron McNair and civil ...

Racism was not addressed in Jean-Marie Salem's family growing up. It wasn't until she found her birth family that she felt ...

Martin Luther King's creed of non-violence surprised many Americans ... found truths in a long list of writers and books, from Henry David Thoreau and his famous essay, "On Civil Disobedience ...

You had to be careful how you trod in case you knocked over an Oscar or ASCAP (American Society ... some of the most famous ...

Raphael is the author of PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ... they typically compare the estimated number of black patriot soldiers during the course of the entire war (5,000 ...