Giving voice to all communities
Giving voice to all communities
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In his new book, "We All Want to Change the World," Kareem Abdul-Jabbar recounts how the fight for racial justice from the civil rights era to today influenced his path from NBA icon to outspoken author and advocate.
Michelle Miller shares the story of Romeo and Milka Regalli, the husband-and-wife team behind Ras Plant Based, whose commitment to community and plant-based cuisine helped them open a second location in New York City.
Actor Lovie Simone discusses her lead role in "Forever," a new Netflix series exploring teenage romance and self-discovery in 2018 Los Angeles.
With the 2025 Met Gala highlighting "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style," Black fashion is front and center in this year's global style conversation, and one Detroit business is proudly part of that narrative.
As 81-year-old Diana Ross entered the Met Gala, several people helped carry the legendary singer's massive shawl train flowing behind her.
The Met Gala returned for 2025 in NYC, shining a spotlight on Black dandyism. Here's what to know about this year's theme explained.
On the 100th anniversary of the birth of Malcolm X, Mark Whitaker, author of "The Afterlife of Malcolm X," looks at how the charismatic and defiant Black leader's influence has grown in the decades following his assassination.
This month marks the 100th birthday of Malcolm X, the charismatic and defiant Black leader who electrified America with his blunt talk on civil rights, before he was assassinated in 1965. Correspondent Mark Whitaker, author of the new book "The Afterlife of Malcolm X," looks at how his influence has grown following his death, and how his controversial views and piercing questions about Black identity and racial injustice still resonate in the fractious politics of today.
This year's Met Gala, at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art, will celebrate the opening of the Met's Costume Institute exhibition, "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style." Inspired by the flamboyant fashion journalist André Leon Talley, the exhibit examines the history of dandyism as projected by Black men dating back nearly 300 years, with objects ranging from clothes worn by Fredrick Douglass and Prince, to designs by Pharrell Williams. Correspondent Michelle Miller takes a tour.
Artist Ya La'Ford's work spans mediums. Her prints, sculptures and installations have been featured in the Venice Biennale and in private collections like the Gates Foundation. Michelle Miller met with her to see how it all takes shape.
