Many black male actors have graced the screens for decades and challenged societal norms by promoting the inclusion of black people in the US cinema. From their early roles in ground-breaking ...

One of the most famous black seamen was James Forten ... who served as a captain in the Virginia navy during the war, recalled several black men among the "courageous patriots who ...

However, many of the Black musicians on this list are not only pioneers of the genre, their music still sells years after its ...