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Horace Cayton was an African-American sociologist born in Seattle in 1903. His father was born a slave; his mother was the daughter of the first black…

Horace Cayton was an African-American sociologist born in Seattle in 1903. His father was born a slave; his mother was the daughter of the first black…

Horace Cayton was an African-American sociologist born in Seattle in 1903. His father was born a slave; his mother was the daughter of the first black…

For 26 years, Seattle’s African-American Writers’ Alliance has held a reading at The Elliott Bay Book Company on the last Saturday in February. The…

"Black Panther," the latest cinematic rendition of the Marvel superhero universe, opens nationwide tomorrow.To call it highly anticipated is an…

Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Underground Railroad” is the story of a young slave named Cora who escapes from a Georgia cotton…

This year will mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Today, the United States celebrates the birth of the great…

The Central Area is the historic heart of Seattle's African-American community.But many longtime residents have moved away from the neighborhood they once…

The Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute in Seattle's Central District is a hub for black performing arts.For years the programming at the institute…

Seattle's Central District was once the largest black enclave in the Pacific Northwest. But no longer.Architect and Central District resident Donald King…