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The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit concluded that the copyright on a photograph of an entertainment icon was the subject of a valid copyright registration and that use of...

Two federal appeals judges confessed during oral arguments Tuesday that they weren’t familiar with a rock musician known for the 1977 song “Cat Scratch Fever.”

NEW YORK (AP) — Louise Meriwether, the author and activist whose coming-of-age novel "Daddy Was a Number Runner" is widely regarded as a groundbreaking and vital portrait of race, gender and class, has died. She was 100.

The classic labor song "Which Side Are You On?" was born during the Harlan County Wars of the 1930s.

Dr. Brenda M. Greene, executive director of the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College, writes about Brooklynite Louise Meriwether, a civil rights movement activist and prolific author and journalist.

“I get it: the method and the matter, although sometimes less of the matter than I might, lacking certain knowledges.”

ASHLAND Pike County native Adam Newman continues to chase his dream of being a full-time musician with the release of an extended-play album.

Re-reading Louise Meriwether's coming-of-age novel.

Likkle Vybz, son of incarcerated dancehall deejay Vybz Kartel, delivered an entertaining set at the Island Vibes Tour in Birmingham, London, on Saturday.

Dancehall artist Vybz Kartel has, once again, voiced his dissatisfaction with the lower than usual streams that his new music has been receiving on