In above photo: Celebrities and festival-goers march through the streets of downtown Winston-Salem during the NBTF closing parade on Saturday, Aug. 8. (Photo by Tevin Stinson) Parade through downtown Winston-Salem
In above photo: Officers and protesters face off along West Florissant Avenue, Monday, Aug. 10, in Ferguson, Mo. Ferguson was a community on edge again Monday, a day after a protest
In above photo: Inside the National Black Theatre Festival Hall of Fame and Museum is an exhibit dedicated to the late Larry Leon Hamlin, who started the National Black Theatre
In above photo: ESOSA (Emilio Sosa) and Idris Goodwin walk down the runway as people who came to see the stars engage them at the 2015 National Black Theatre Festival