Hughes started to experiment with this ritual form in his 1938 play “Don’t You Want to Be Free?” performed by the Harlem Suitcase Theater. The play used African American history as a frame, calling to ...

Making Black Freedom in the World” at the National Museum of African American History and Culture prominently features Brown ...

The gathering was an early celebration of the holiday, which takes place on the day after Christmas and lasts until New ...

Lorraine O'Grady, an artist who bravely used her conceptual pieces and performance art to critique systems of power, ...