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March 10, 2011
From Diana Ross to Lena Horne to Queen Latifah, black women in pop culture have defied the odds, inspired and awed their fans. In honor of Women's History Month, we've put together a list of some of the icons of black female empowerment.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onFebruary 23, 2011
Fans of the late singer and civil rights activist can have her personal belongings, for a price.
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by Nsenga Burton onOctober 29, 2010
The African-American Film Critics Association will honor director Melvin Van Peebles, the late Lena Horne and film critic Robert Ebert for lifetime achievement.
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by Nick Charles onAugust 31, 2010
Civil rights legend, Hollywood royalty. Her new, posthumous CD collection of previously unreleased tracks proves that she could blow, too.
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by Martin Johnson onAugust 26, 2010
The memoirist-philanthropist-TV producer talks about her debut novel, Bill Cosby, Lena Horne and the philanthropic life.
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by Mary C. Curtis onJuly 27, 2010
After last week's racial flap, this writer tried to get beyond the perpetual debate. It didn't work.
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May 15, 2010
The repercussions continue over a video of an alleged police beating that a Fox TV station declined to show.
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by Stanley Crouch onMay 12, 2010
What happens when beauty, talent, charm, dignity and brains just aren't enough?
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May 12, 2010
Lena Horne was much more than a pioneer of the silver screen.
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by Charlayne Hunter-Gault onMay 11, 2010
I was coping with being the first black woman at the University of Georgia when my sorority president took me to dinner with "friends."
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