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André Braugher is a Golden Glove and Emmy Award winner best known for his roles in "Homicide: Life on the Street" and the current NBC sitcom, "Brooklyn…
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Stewart Burns’ newly revised book, "To the Mountaintop" is the history of a turbulent time that changed the course of American and world history. Moral…
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Rapp Road has been in the headlines several times in recent months as history and development collide. WAMC's Capital Region Bureau Chief Dave Lucas takes…
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Nestled away in Albany’s Pine Bush, a stone’s throw from Crossgates Mall, the historic Rapp Road community is a treasure-chest of local history.The…
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Colson Whitehead’s novel "The Underground Railroad," tells the story of a runaway slave and re-imagines the pre-Civil War South. It won the Pulitzer Prize…
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A celebration of Albany's black history and tradition in music is coming up. WAMC's Capital Region Bureau Chief Dave Lucas previews this week's seventh…
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Albany County is once again celebrating Black History Month.The annual celebration began Thursday with a kickoff event at the county office building in…
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The life story of Coretta Scott King—wife of Martin Luther King Jr., founder of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (The King…
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In The Black Calhouns, Gail Lumet Buckley—daughter of actress Lena Horne—delves deep into her family history, detailing the experiences of an…
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Stokely Carmichael, the charismatic and controversial black activist, stepped onto the pages of history when he called for “Black Power” during a speech…