Black Music Month originated in 1979. Jimmy Carter proclaimed the month of June as Black Music Month to celebrate the wonderful music, theĀ achievements, births, important timelines, events and to remember those we lost.
Black Music Month originated in 1979. Jimmy Carter proclaimed the month of June as Black Music Month to celebrate the wonderful music, theĀ achievements, births, important timelines, events and to remember those we lost.
Alicia Keys says she wants to play Lena Horne in an upcoming biopic. Ā Oprah Winfrey has taken over the project and Alicia Keys is in the running to play the legendary Lena Horne. Ā Janet Jackson was considered to play the role but was dropped after her 2004 Super BowlĀ wardrobeĀ malfunction. Ā Keys says she’s hoping to get […]
Lena Horne was a full-fledged Renaissance woman whose award winning talents on stage and film, coupled with her Civil Rights work, made her an icon. Her sensual voice, alluring stage presence, and spectacular sense of style and stunning beauty was pure Old Hollywood perfection. As we celebrate Horne’s life and many accomplishments, let’s take a […]
Lena Horne, who was the first black performer to be signed to a long-term contract by a major Hollywood studio and who went on to achieve international fame as a singer, died on Sunday night at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York. She was 92 and lived in Manhattan. Her death was announced […]
