Happy Juneteenth! In a world where racism, the erasure of Black history and even attacks from the federal government try to take us out, Black people do as we always do: survive and thrive. Today, we ...

Martin Luther King Jr. had a deep respect for music as an instrument of change. The March on Washington in 1963, where King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech, featured live performances by Peter, ...

2004-04-16T18:58:06-04:00https://images.c-span.org/defaults/Capitol_default-image.jpgSeveral musicians talked with co-hosts Mr. Milewski and Mr. Paulson about popular ...

At first, Charles Neblett rejected the call to join a singing group. He had been working in the Mississippi Delta in 1961 helping with the daunting task of registering Black residents to vote. But ...

Though he recognized their revolutionary undercurrent, W.E.B. DuBois (1868-1963), the brilliant, still influential Black sociologist, poignantly called American spirituals the “Sorrow Songs.” He also ...