CCH Pounder’s portrait collection is part of the African American Museum’s ongoing exhibit
A massive oil painting featuring two of Congolese artist Sisqo Ndombe’s haunting “cracked people” welcomes visitors to the ...
Black abolitionist Henry Highland Garnet, who lived on Long Island, helped shape the country's views on slavery
A powerful orator, Garnet helped shift the landscape on the abolition of slavery from trying to convince enslavers of the ...
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Celebrating 20 years of Family Portraits
This week in 2005, the first Family Portrait was printed in Philadelphia Gay News and has featured stories from across the ...
Children's books hooked Jerry Jordan on painting. Now, he's come full circle
The Madison artist and New York Times best-selling author Pat Zietlow Miller have teamed up for “Unstoppable John: How John ...
Meet 9 trailblazing ‘hidden figures’ of Black history from across the Charlotte region
In 1958, Williams chaired the Committee to Combat Racial Injustice, which organized to defend two Black boys, ages 7 and 9, ...
Discovering Family Roots in Brooklyn Slavery
Trace/s,” an exhibition at the Center for Brooklyn History, highlights the borough’s neglected story of slavery — and the Black genealogists helping to unearth it.
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Two new art installations at the Yale Divinity School honor the Black experience and neglected histories
These additions include the works of Yale-affiliated Black artists and a new portrait of Black theologian Alexander Crummell.
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ArtsCenter quilt showcase highlights legacies of African American women
The ArtsCenter in Carrboro is opening The Portraits of Resistance and Resilience Exhibition Feb. 14 through March 3. The ...
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‘Trace/s’ exhibit connects Brooklyn’s 150-year history of slavery to living relatives
"Trace/s," the Brooklyn Public Library's newest exhibit, was unveiled last week in Downtown Brooklyn, connecting the legacy ...
Black History Month in the DC area: 6 museums and exhibits celebrating African American heritage
Black History Month honors the achievements and struggles of African Americans throughout U.S. history, and it’s a great time ...
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Genealogy has reached a new golden age
Two separate hunts for family history show how this new era for genealogy benefits Black families and history.
Rare portraits reveal the humanity of the slaves who revolted on the Amistad
Portraits of enslaved people from the 19th century are unusual. But a Connecticut artist named William H. Townsend decided to ...