It is no secret that Black visual artists and painters in history have often been leaders of artistic innovation, and the 15 named below are but a few examples from a much longer list. These ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A man photographs the 1965 painting “Marian Anderson” by Beauford ...

Art has always been a battleground. In a moment when the arts are under siege—state-sanctioned censorship, gutted funding, and anti-DEI mandates threatening to erase marginalized voices—Black ...

Get used to seeing James Brown on this list because his records make other appearances here. As he’s the most sampled artist ever, it’s no surprise. Elements of this 1970 song have been used ...

How they were influenced by prior Black artists, specifically with the issues that we deal with in the U.S.” The list was tough for her to narrow down, but she’ll discuss the ways that ...

SZA continues to add to the list of her music achievements as her beloved SOS album reaches new heights nearly three years ...

Black artists have long been a part of the country music industry, lending some of their cultural influences to arguably one of the most American of music genres. However, they have often faded ...

According to her website, this made her the highest-charting Black female country artist at the time, a record she held until Beyoncé’s “TEXAS HOLD ‘EM” debuted at #1 on Feb. 21 ...

In the 1970s, rap music emerged as a tool for Black artists to express their life experiences. Like many forms of Black art, rap quickly received criticism and disapproval because of its graphic ...

Baltimore City Public Schools seeks to name parts of a high school and the school district’s central art gallery after Black ...

Black Dimensions in Art members recreate the historic “A Great Day in Harlem Photo” in September 2022. (Robert Cooper/Black Dimensions in Art) From left, Monte Trammer, publisher of the ...