Ella Fitzgerald made history on May 4, 1959, as the first woman to win a Grammy Award. The “First Lady of Song” took home two ...

West African singer Angélique Kidjo makes history as the first Black African artist to be inducted into the Hollywood Walk of ...

Black artists shaped the sound of American music, and the world took notice, often without giving credit. This Black Music ...

South African Rayno Nel won the 48th edition of the World's Strongest Man in Old Sacramento, becoming the first South African and third rookie to claim the title.

In 2023, Ruth Carter became the first Black woman to win two Oscars, and in 2018 first African American to win an Oscar in costume design ever.

Paul Tazewell made history at the Oscars, becoming the first Black man to win best costume design. Tazewell won for his masterful design work in “Wicked” at the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday.

While their contribution to U.S. culture is unquestionable today, it took a long time for African-Americans to receive credit for their artistic works. Here's the first of many awards, from ...

NEW YORK, (Reuters) - Roberta Flack, the silky-voiced Grammy-winning singer whose sultry ballads "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Killing Me ...

As an African American woman growing up in the South, Flack experienced racism and segregation, as well as challenges in the 1970s music industry, which was mostly male-dominated.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Roberta Flack, the silky-voiced Grammy-winning singer whose sultry ballads "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Killing Me Softly With His Song" topped the charts in the ...

Slack had first come across Price’s songwriter as a teenager, with some of her spiritual arrangements featured in an anthology of African American songs. But when she first discovered Price’s full ...

Jacqueline Moore made history by becoming the first-ever African-American Women's Champion in WWE, and the Hall of Famer remembers the moment.