Johan Grimonprez uses archival footage of the period to expose the CIA-backed assassination of Congo leader Patrice Lumumba ...

Each month The A.V. Club does our part to keep you up to date on the best of what’s coming out on Blu-ray and 4K UHD, which ...

A hotel is celebrating its 150th anniversary with a year long programme of events. Known as "The White Palace" to locals, the ...

Part of the Jewish & Israeli Film Festival. Free with registration: freedomcenter.org. "Paul Robeson" and "The ...

This year in State College, Mayor Ezra Nanes issued a proclamation honoring the struggles and accomplishments of African Americans. Borough Council President Evan Myers read a supportive statement ...

Part of the Jewish & Israeli Film Festival. Free with registration: freedomcenter.org. "Paul Robeson" and "The Douglass-Lincoln Debates," 7:30 p.m. Friday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, National ...

Ruben Santiago-Hudson shares his journey in Black theater, the impact of August Wilson, and why preserving cultural heritage ...

Great movies matter. Movies have the capacity to ... it’s set to a great soundtrack ranging from blues and classical to Paul Robeson. Poetic, compassionate, angry, ironic: All human life is ...

What began as Negro History Week — established by historian Carter G. Woodson in February 1926 — evolved into Black History ...

The work won an Academy Award for best animated short film. A vocal advocate for the ... He played piano, wrote musical scores and toured with Paul Robeson, playing jazz. He wrote multiple short ...

But when it was sung in the 1936 film version by Paul Robeson, his moving baritone voice – and edgier interpretation – took the song to a new level. When you think of the song “Mona Lisa ...