African American

We're celebrating National Poetry Month with a video reading from a different North Texas poet each week. Poet and professor Darius Ajai Frasure dedicates his time helping young people discover and share their voices.

Who says sculpture needs to be carved or cast? See how the Nasher Sculpture Center staff assembled Senga Nengudi's prize-winning spring installation.

This episode of the KERA video series "The Shape of Texas" explores the architecture and beauty of the Allen Chapel AME Church in Fort Worth, the oldest African American church in the state.

She was one of the very few Black American women ever to run an opera company. And she's leaving after only two years — the third general director the company's had in five years.

The PBS series "Making Black America" continues Tuesday night with a look at the Black press. So we asked Patrick Washington, publisher of the Dallas Weekly, to share some observations about the Black press, Black Twitter and Black joy.

Marine Gen. Michael Langley made history on Saturday when he became the first African American in the Marine Corps to be promoted to four-star general, took over U.S. Africa Command in a ceremony at Kelley Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany. He is the second African American to lead the command.

The cathartic and wildly inventive play gets its Texas premiere in Fort Worth

Join us for State of the Arts at the Kimbell Friday to learn more about the National Juneteenth Museum, the Fort Worth African American Museum and The Fred Rouse Center for Arts and Community Healing

"Dallas Rising: The Hall of Negro Life" airs Friday on KERA-TV and examines the building's rise and fall at Fair Park.

Banjos and fiddles and string bands — how does this music fit in today's digital world of hip-hop and K-pop?

Sales increased exponentially after calls on social media in June encouraged people to spend their money at Black-owned businesses amid national tension.

NPR readers share their thoughts about the megastar's movie-length music video, which pulled heavily from African culture, imagery, dancing and music.