The Sugar Shack continues to be celebrated as a symbol of African American pride, artistic excellence, and community spirit.

An iconic painting by renowned Durham artist Ernie Barnes is on display ... Hill, who is African American, works at the Columbia Museum of Art in South Carolina. She said she thinks Barnes created ...

For the first time, Durham native Ernie Barnes’ masterpiece “The Sugar ... Barnes was born in 1938 and majored in art at the all-Black North Carolina College at Durham, now North Carolina ...

Ernie Barnes ... as a lively night at a Black music hall in the mid-20th century in segregated North Carolina. It also has several other pop culture connections. The art work was featured ...