These spaces do more than celebrate Black artistry—they serve as vibrant centers for community, culture, and meaningful ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A veteran activist of the Civil Rights Movement said he was notified by the Smithsonian Institution that ...

The film "Right On Be Free" emphasizes the importance of art and community in the African American experience ... and collaboration between black men and women in the pursuit of justice and ...

These repetitions reveal a harrowing truth. Such a portrait is timeless as long as racial inequality far too frequently sinks ...

Discover 21 influential Black leaders who changed history through activism, politics, education, science and justice.

Too many African American women are used to putting themselves and their needs on the back burner and then finding themselves completely burned out. Breaking out of the strong Black woman ...

Women artists are out there and not so difficult to find, but once we find them, we have to accept the fact that the art ...

Perhaps there is a particular politic of viewing Black art that Sherald’s work forces ... created by a rural collective of African American women whose improvisational compositions are now ...

The 1911 work is important because it is a rare early example of an opera by an African American composer ... putting a greater focus on the strong Black woman at the center of the story.

In a survey of art experts ... an African-American Yale-trained artist in her 40s who lives in New York City, has concentrated on creating portraits, in various formats, of black women—her ...

Charles Coulter, who worked for The Star for nearly 30 years, wrote the book “Take Up the Black ... the Kansas City Art Institute, where he taught courses focused on African American studies.