For Memphis-born, Mississippi-bred musician Kirby Lauryen Dockery, the last decade has seen her songs and determination bring her to an exalted place in the music business. KIRBY — as she’s known ...

In 1969, Larry Fuller had a game-changing idea. As one of the few Black cartoonists working in San Francisco's underground comix movement, Fuller created a story that featured one of the first Black ...

The soul singer Kirby was born Kirby Lauryen Dockery, and that last name connects her to the Dockery Plantation in Mississippi, where her enslaved ancestors picked cotton. Now, as a songwriter, Kirby ...

The Zora Neale Hurston National Museum of Fine Arts kicked off the 33rd annual Zora! Festival with the opening of “Afrofuturism in the Visual Realm.” The exhibition features the work of Black Kirby, ...

Stacey Robinson and John Jennings connected over a shared love of comic books and hip-hop when they chatted at a conference in Atlanta more than a decade ago. Robinson, who is an assistant professor ...