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Black Hollywood will show up and show out at the Golden Globes, but Legends such as Josephine Baker, the Nicholas Brothers and Lena Horne paved the way.

Music lovers describe it as a toe-tapping, hip-shaking, finger-snapping good time at Ruby Dee Park.

From jaw-dropping hair to a Ruby Dee tribute, see what red carpet looks we couldn't stop thinking about all year long.

There was just so much to embrace when it came to Black folks in theater productions in 2023.

We break down the last 10 winners of Best Supporting Actress to see which of this year's Oscar hopefuls are likeliest to win.

This past Monday at the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the stars of Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through The Cotton Patch celebrated the 75th wedding anniversary of Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. Leslie Odom Jr. and Kara Young, who play the roles that Davis and Dee originated in the current revival of Ossie Davis’ critically acclaimed play, read love letters from the couple’s archive that is housed at the Schomburg Center.

Vinson Cunningham and Helen Shaw list their favorite stage productions of 2023, including “Sweeney Todd,” “Infinite Life,” “Purlie Victorious,” and “Stereophonic.”

A tragedy in Birmingham and the making of a radical.

The animated "Lady and the Tramp" and "The Nightmare Before Christmas," "12 Years a Slave," and Spike Lee's "Bamboozled" are also among the films to be preserved by the Library of Congress for future generations.

The animated "Lady and the Tramp" and "The Nightmare Before Christmas," "12 Years a Slave," and Spike Lee's "Bamboozled" are also among the films to be preserved by the Library of Congress for future generations.