Essence Festival has served as a celebration of Black culture, creativity, and entrepreneurship for over 30 years. However, for 2025, the event sparked more critical conversations-both online and in ...

The most recent edition of Essence Fest earlier this month sparked several controversies. What needs to happen for it to rate ...

I vividly remember the very first National Fried Chicken Festival opening its gates in 2016 at a tiny park in New Orleans ...

Thirty years ago, what began as a one-time celebration of Black excellence has now grown into one of the most powerful ...

To celebrate the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture, H&M hosted influencers, industry executives, and fashion tastemakers at ...

Presented by the Civic Imagination Project, "Stories of Us" is a living archive of Black resilience, designed to take up ...