Across nearly 50 artworks spanning the last 18 years, American beauty takes on many forms on Sherald’s canvas. It can appear ...

More than 40 colorful and arresting paintings of Black American life will soon take the spotlight at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City.

Marches took on the characteristics of religious ... been the subject of lively debate among African American scholars. Some argue that "the black church" is "dead," that it has lost its prophetic ...

Beyond well-known observances lies a rich tapestry of cultural commemorations honoring African American heritage, resilience, ...

In the South, black fertility had a long history of being controlled by whites. Under slavery, African American women were encouraged to have children to increase a plantation owner's wealth.

I run alongside what is known as the Crenshaw Wall, a block-long, 10-foot-tall mural of Black history ... including Dee, a Mexican American runner from the nearby West Adams neighborhood, are ...

"So the ones that have African American features, clearly African American ... The retired doctor still treasures the knitted Black Santa Claus her mother gave her more than three decades ago ...

Black American novelists, filmmakers and other writers are using comedy to reveal — and combat — our era’s disturbing political realities. By Adam Bradley LAST SPRING, DURING the Broadway ...