In May 1921 — decades before Atlanta-based companies like Big Oomp Records, LaFace Records, So So Def Recordings, Quality Control Music and Love Renaissance all achieved success and developed local ...

Were we to label decades the way the Chinese name years — by reference to animals — this would qualify as the Decade of the Black Swan. In Roman times, a black swan signified an impossibility — as all ...

A century ago, around the dawn of the Harlem Renaissance, New York City was brimming with music. Black artists like Eubie Blake, Florence Mills and Fats Waller were performing in dance halls and ...