We Remember | Abbey Lincoln

Jazz singer and actress, Abbey Lincoln, who evolved from a supper-club singer into a strong voice for civil rights, has died. Lincoln was 80.

FiveFlix | Erykah Badu

Since bursting on the scene in 1997, Black Reel Award winning actress and “Queen of Neo Soul,” Erykah Badu has marched to her own eccentric, highly personal, emotional, philosophical, and political beat. Badu is set to release her fifth studio album, “New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh).”

Reel Event | Harlem Renaissance Festival

Almost four decades ago, “Cotton Came to Harlem” but next week Harlem returns the favor with a rousing tribute at the historic Lincoln Theatre in Northwest DC.