An in-depth analysis of how Black men voted in the 2024 election, why it matters for Democrats, and what it means for 2025 ...

Lorraine O'Grady, a conceptual artist who challenged the understanding of race, sex and class in art and society through her ...

But Hughes is one of a handful of artists whose work spanned both the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and ’70s, which partnered with the modern Civil Rights Movement. In ...

O’Grady, who devoted herself to art in her early forties, spent the ensuing decades making incisive works that spanned ...

In its founding years in the early 20th century, the Louisiana State Museum borrowed dozens of artworks from Marshall Marcell ...

Renowned poet, author, and activist Nikki Giovanni dies at 81 after a recent diagnosis of lung cancer. Her legacy will live ...

Helen LaFrance was a self-taught folk artist primarily focused on memory paintings—vivid depictions drawn from her ...

Nikki Giovanni died this week, at the age of eighty-one, as that rarest of things: a best-selling poet. Her work burst onto ...

Ms. Giovanni wrote poetry and prose that celebrated Black identity and attacked white supremacy, yet, at times her verse took ...

Philadelphia seeks artist for statue honoring Sadie T.M. Alexander, pioneer in academia, law, and civil rights. Learn about her trailblazing achievements.

"Why isn't there a Smithsonian-level institute dedicated to the study of the culture and science behind food?" ...