Thanks to these musicians, the Black community's ... The 12-time Grammy winner will go down in history as the first African ...

See full article by Steven Lewis on how African American music is a vital part of America's musical heritage. Explore a selection of the Smithsonian's wide range of collections preserving the material ...

See full article by Steven Lewis on how African American music is a vital part of America's musical heritage. Explore a selection of the Smithsonian's wide range of collections preserving the material ...

These songs aren't just topping the charts, but also starting a conversation about the history of African Americans' impact ...

To mark Black History Month – as well as the Chineke ... for works that defiantly affirmed his identity as an African American gay man. Although he died homeless and all but forgotten in ...

A Smithsonian curator reflects back on the artistic legend, a "Renaissance man" with 28 Grammys to his name, who died Sunday at 91 years old ...

So much of the greatest music ever made was ... of clubs and theaters in the African-American neighborhoods that hosted some of the best talent in American music history. Roaring nights that ...

Even former President Jimmy Carter dedicated a month to African American music appreciation ... One of the most impactful Black singers in music history was Aretha Franklin. The mezzo-soprano ...

The National Museum of African American Music, or NMAAM, is the only museum dedicated to preserving and celebrating the many ...

April Eaton sits down with Dion Brown. President and CEO of the National Museum of African American Music, and Noelle Taylor, ...