In 2021, the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) launched a global news feature series on the history, ...

LeVar Burton has never been one to shy away from representing the culture, but his latest post reconfirms that fact to those who may have forgotten this fact. A follow-up tweet expounded on why he ...

To recognize Black History Month, Book of the Day is digging into the archives to bring you some important interviews. In 1977, author Alex Haley told NPR he didn't want to put the main character of ...

With all due respect to Coming to America’s Cleo McDowell — owner of an off-brand McDonald’s featuring a logo with golden arcs, not arches, and a Big Mick burger, not a Big Mac — John Amos’ two most ...

The 34th annual The Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival was held Saturday in the grounds of Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis. Robin Monroe and her grandson Noah Maura, 4, dance to the music ...

Tony Wilson of Bamboo Cottage pulverises sugar cane to make juice at the 33rd Annual Kunta Kinte Festival at City Dock in Annapolis on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023. People taking in the 33rd Annual Kunta ...

Weather permitting, the 33rd Annual Kunta Kinte Festival is set to take place on Saturday at Annapolis City Dock and Susan Campbell Park. The festival will run from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Jan Lee, chair of ...

The rescheduled Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival returns to Annapolis on Saturday celebrating African American culture with music, dance, arts and crafts, food and children’s activities. It runs from 10 ...

LeVar Burton has weighed in on a man claiming there's no way he can be racist because he allegedly has a tattoo of Kunta Kinte on his arm. A caller named James hit up the English talk radio station ...