Aretha Franklin Covers Adele's "Rolling In The Deep."
The Queen on Soul is back and showing the world that her title as Queen still reigns supreme! Aretha Franklin, 72, will release an album...
Hazel Scott "Black & White" Full Performance
Hazel Scott, Legendary Pianist and Vocalist sings "Black & White is Beautiful" where she shows off her skills on not one, but TWO grand...
SBK Picture Show: "SWING!" (1938 Film by Oscar Micheaux)
Mandy Jenkins, an African American cook for a wealthy white family in Birmingham, Alabama, discovers her husband Cornell is having an...
Eubie Blake, The Nicholas Brothers (DEBUT!) and Nina Mae McKinney TOGETHER! (Flim Clip)
1932 Vitaphone musical short, featuring Eubie Blake and his Band, with the gorgeous Nina Mae McKinney, star of King Vidor's HALLELUJAH....
Silent Minstrel Movie: "A Natural Born Gambler" (1916) - Starring Bert Williams
A Natural Gambler was one of two films that Bert Williams starred in during his career. It is directed by D.W. Griffith. Griffith also...
Minstrel Shows & Coon Songs: Blacks in Vaudeville
African American entertainers endured many creative limitations in America because of racism. Minstrel shows were a reflection of the...
Artist Lois Mailou Jones' INSPIRATIONAL Interview!
Legendary Visual Artist, Lois Mailou Jones (1905-1988), interviewed on Good Morning America - She shares her creative influences and...


Artist Lois Mailou Jones
Lois Mailou Jones (November 3, 1905 – June 9, 1998)[1] was an artist who painted and influenced others during the Harlem Renaissance and...
The Harlem Renaissance Art Scene
A wonderful and informative video about how racism, the great migration and social marginalization gave birth to the African-American...


The Legendary Cab Calloway b. December 25, 1907 - d. December 18, 1994
Early years Calloway was born in Rochester, New York, on Christmas Day in 1907. The family relocated to Baltimore, Maryland, his parents'...