The author of There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood on the reads that recover forgotten legends, reveal backstage political power ...

Spend a day with Mookie and Co. down in Bed-Stuy in 'Do the Right Thing' ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Actor Ossie Davis has died at 87. He ...

NEW YORK — A godawful White character prowls “Purlie Victorious” — the extremely funny anti-racist farce receiving its first Broadway revival — and Jay O. Sanders is having the time of his life ...

Coming off the heels of a successful Broadway run in 2023 that saw the 65-year-old satire revived, Purlie Victorious arrived at Studio Theatre with fervor. Born into a sharecropping family sometime ...

HAMPTON ROADS, VA—To kick of Black History Month, Downing Gross Cultural Arts Center presents Purlie— a lively, comedic musical by Ossie Davis about a charismatic preacher who returns to the Jim Crow ...

Ossie Davis and Rudy Dee were one of the most revered couples of the American stage as well as important figures in the civil rights movement. On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L ...

Inside of Monaleo’s two-story fortress, in the outskirts of Houston, you’ll find a scene that looks straight outta one of those Black Christmas movies right before the fuck-up older brother shows up.

A while back I was rummaging through my closet off the bedroom, probably to find something that wasn’t a black T-shirt to wear that day, when I came across a shirt that seemed familiar but it looked ...

As the 100th anniversary of Malcolm X’s birth is celebrated, his legacy continues to resonate through generations as both a symbol of Black pride and a global voice for justice. Honoring his life ...