Source: iOne Digital Creative Services “Playing the Cosmic Strings,” a 1,200 square-foot mural, sits high on a wall outside of Heinz Hall in downtown Pittsburgh’s busy Cultural District. Commissioned in October 2021 by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership, the mural is an homage to a West African mythology of how the…
Source: iOne Digital Creative Services Sean Beauford has long been interested in breaking down the barriers that make art and art spaces inaccessible to communities of color. An independent curator, adjunct professor of art at Carnegie Mellon University School of Art, and the former manager of community relationships at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum of Art, Sean…
Critics are not giving up on Steve Harvey, not even as many mourn the 16th anniversary of comedic giant Bernie Mac‘s passing. The two men are half of the legendary “Original Kings of Comedy” act that also includes Cedric the Entertainer and D.L. Hughley. The “Family Feud” host and “Mr. 3000” star had a falling-out…
A Black woman alleged in a video she posted to TikTok that she was denied service at a nail salon because of her race. TikTok user @kamyacantgetadoll posted a video to her account on Saturday showing the aftermath of her customer experience at a nail salon she visited. The video starts with a view of…
ATLANTA, GA – MARCH 05: The Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin performs at The Fox Theatre on March 5, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for The Fox Theatre) Over the years, Black singers have used their voices to tell powerful stories, break racial barriers and transform lives. June may have been…
Dana Perino and Harold Ford Jr. attend Fox News’ Super Tuesday 2024 primary election coverage at Fox News Channel Studios on March 5, 2024, in New York City. | Source: Roy Rochlin / Getty When Fox News fired Tucker Carlson and replaced him with Jesse Waters, all the network really did was replace one racist…
Roy Wood, Jr. attends the 2024 Writers Guild Awards New York Ceremony on April 14, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Writers Guild of America East) “Kudos to CNN and the immigrants at Hat Trick Productions for bringing a Black job to the States,” Wood says about the new gig….
Tamron Hall attends Variety’s 2024 Power of Women: New York event on May 2, 2024, in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images) Weeks before her first cookbook is due out in stores, talk show host Tamron Hall ended up with an unexpected surplus of onions, thanks to her son, Moses. This week, Tamron…
Vice President Kamala Harris greets members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority after speaking at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center on July 10, 2024 in Dallas, Texas. The Vice President spoke to approximately 20,000 members from her sorority in a continued effort to rally support ahead of the upcoming November Presidential election. (Photo by…
Grief-stricken mother Dahlia Mack lashed out at the woman who lured her teenage son to his death in a Houston court on Aug. 6. “I hate you. Look at me! You disgust me. You should have been flushed rather than birthed,” Dahlia told her son’s killer, Keona Samireal Mouton, in a victim impact statement in…
