India.Arie Announces Hiatus from Touring: “I Need Healing Too”
June 3, 2024
The announcement comes from an artist who has been a powerful voice in the music industry for over two decades.
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Chargers Educate and Uplift During Black History Month
March 2, 2024
In honor of Black History Month, the Los Angeles Chargers hosted two inspiring events for students from the team’s educational program, Bolt Academy, and youth athletes from the Snoop Youth Football League.
André De Shields Stars in ‘Hadestown’ on Broadway
April 21, 2022
One of the greatest thespains to ever step foot on a Broadway stage is André De Shields, who has enraptured audiences with his award-winning portrayal of Hermes in “Hadestown.”
Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr., — Original Stars and lead singers of the legendary group, The 5th Dimension — at the Catalina Jazz Club — December 3 and 4th.
November 25, 2021
Here are some facts that you just can’t get around. Fact one, Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr., are living musical legends and that takes a lot of passion, heart work, hard work, and l.o.v.e. to accomplish.
Arizona State University Renames Film School to Honor Sidney Poitier
February 4, 2021
In an interview ahead of The Sidney Poitier New American Film School’s unveiling, University President Michael M. Crow said Poitier embodies everything that one would look for in an icon. “With Sidney Poitier, it’s his creative energy, his dynamism, his drive, his ambition, the kinds of projects he worked on, the ways in which he advanced his life,” Crow asserted, according to USA Today.
Motown Founder Berry Gordy Retires
October 10, 2019
He announced his retirement during the 60th-anniversary celebration of Motown that took place in Detroit last month.
At 88, Toni Morrison Personifies the Strength of Black Womanhood
February 28, 2019
With each masterful stroke of her pen, typewriter or (later) her computer keyboard, Legendary author, Toni Morrison keeps readers of her works and listeners of her words spellbound. “We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives,” she once said.
Singer Chaka Khan to be Grand Marshal of Rose Parade
October 25, 2018
Chaka Khan, a 10-time Grammy Award-winning R&B/soul artist, was named today as the grand marshal of 2019 Tournament of Roses.
“Up, Up and Away ” Starring Marilyn Mccoo & Billy Davis, Jr. Featuring New Material
August 16, 2018
Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr., are the voices, original stars and lead singers of the legendary group, The 5th Dimension, before leaving the group in 1975.