Gabriela Hearst and artist Adam Pendleton have released a series of limited-edition Nina bags that erase the boundaries ...

Marlon Brando had a secret fling with literary icon James Baldwin, according to explosive claims emerging from a new ...

Nina West gives The Dispatch an exclusive of sorts with this off-the-wall Q&A full of fun facts about the Columbus drag legend.

Jazmin Kylene is a Miami-bred writer and editor with a decade-long career that spans all editorial genres, though she has a particular passion for music journalism. Upon graduating Florida Atlantic ...

What does it mean when a mother of three can be shot down in broad daylight by a federal agent meant to protect communities? Renée Good was a poet. She was white and she was an American citizen. Even ...

Salamishah Tillet, a Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and political activist, led the conversation about the life of Nina Simone as a musician and political activist. Tillet read excerpts from her ...

Nina Simone’s childhood home in Tryon, North Carolina has been restored. As of late 2025, the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund announced it completed restorations of the house, helping ...

While Nina Simone’s legacy echoes through her music, the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund is preserving the physical space that helped shape the iconic singer’s life and artistry—her ...

1 of 8 — 1. Front angle w Street Sign_crMorganForde.JPG The childhood home of Nina Simone in Tryon has now been fully restored, but it is not yet open to the public, according to a recent news release ...

In 2016, the childhood home of High Priestess of Soul Nina Simone was under threat of demolition. After a decade of collective efforts from artists, architects, and even celebrities such as Venus ...

Cynthia Erivo took over the New York City’s streets to open the 99th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade with a rendition of Nina Simone’s “Feeling Good.” “It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new life ...

The house is located in Tryon, North Carolina, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund A dilapidated three-room house in North Carolina, where a ...