Janelle Monáe is set to portray the iconic Josephine Baker in a new series that will focus on Baker's legendary career and work as a spy for the French during World War II.

With a well-deserved honor, Josephine Baker is making history once again.

Where would the major performers of today be without women like Aida Overton Walker? She was a multitalented performer excelling not only in dance but in choreography as well as singing.  And despite the success of vaudeville acts that focused on performing degrading blackface comedy, Walker was able to excel without having to perform stereotypes […]

Celebrities who've been banned or blacklisted can blame dress codes, their arrest records, politics, and just bad behavior for their exclusion from countries, industries, shows and more.

Some of these may surprise you...then again, maybe not.