“One shot and that’s enough.” Those are the signature words of one of the most important African American photographers of this century, Teenie Harris. Born…

Art, rock and roll, sexuality, class, and age unite in this film’s touching account of the life and of its unaffected, resolute and winning heroine,…

Often referred to as “Mr. UN,” Dr. Ralph Bunche was the ultimate diplomat and peacemaker. The first African American to be awarded the Nobel Peace…

From the 1950s until sometime in the 1970s, doctors and psychologists were convinced that if a child was born autistic, the “fault“ lay with the…

The music plays, the rhythms are electrifying, the bodies move, all drawn into the dance hall, La Tropical. This is where the working class Cubans…

What happens when the talents of Maurice Sendak and the groundbreaking Pilobolus Dance Company are combined? A host of things can happen, bruised egos, creative…

There are many layers to the humble Rosina Lhevinne. She was a devoted wife to one of the finest piano players of the 20th century,…

In 1993 in Oklahoma City, a young woman named Wanda Jean Allen shot and killed her lover, Gloria Wilson. Although it was not her intent…