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‘American Idol’ alum, Christian music sensation Mandisa dies at 47

April 19, 2024
By USA Today
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Late artist Faith Ringgold talks about her artwork in front of her painting, "Die (1967)" during a press preview of her exhibition, "American People, Black Light: Faith Ringgold's Paintings of the 1960s" at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C., on June 19, 2013. Ringgold, an award-winning author and artist who broke down barriers for Black female artists and became famous for her richly colored and detailed quilts combining painting, textiles and storytelling, died Friday, April 12, 2024, at her home in Englewood, New Jersey. She was 93. Photo credit: Jacquelyn Martin, The Associated Press

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Faith Ringgold, pioneering Black quilt artist and author, dies at 93

April 14, 2024
By The Associated Press
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Beyonce' accepts the Innovator Award at the iHeartRadio Music Awards on Monday, April 1, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Photo credit: Chris Pizzello, The Associated Press

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Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ lifts covers off of little-known Black history

April 12, 2024
By Wayne Dawkins
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Descendants of Black scientist and astronomer Benjamin Banneker: Rachel Jamision Webster, rear left, author of "Benjamin Banneker and Us: Eleven Generations of An American Family," with cousins and fellow descendants Robert Lett, Edie Lee Harris, and Gwen Marable, who collaborated with Webster on the book. Photo credit: Rachel Jamison Webster

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FIRST PERSON: Benjamin Banneker, my ancestor and a Black astronomer, predicted the 1789 eclipse

April 7, 2024
By Rachel Jamison Webster
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Griffith J. Davis, left, and Langston Hughes, right, reading Ebony at Hughes' Morehouse College faculty apartment in 1947. Photo credit: Griffith J. Davis Photographs and Archives

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WATCH: Groundbreaking exhibit traces unique friendship between photographer Griffith Davis and poet Langston Hughes

April 2, 2024
By Allison J. Davis
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Louis Gossett Jr., award-winning actor in ‘Roots’ and ‘An Officer and a Gentleman,’ dies at 87

March 29, 2024
By The Wall Street Journal
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