The two companion paintings that make up the American artist ... “The Raft of the Medusa,” which depicts the deadly aftermath of an 1816 shipwreck off the West African coast.

WASHINGTON ‒ Adam Sanchez remembers tears streaming down a student’s face as his high school class left the lower level of the National Museum of African American History and Culture a few ...

Most estimates of postwar killings of African-Americans amount to about 4,000 public lynchings committed between 1877 and 1968. But what about those who were assassinated or disappeared before ...

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

In 2003, when officials finally approved the idea of an African-American museum in Washington, they could not have foreseen how fateful the timing would be. The opening this month of the National ...

Cayla Withers is a Southern Black American woman of faith and an aerospace engineering student at Stanford University who is ...

Martha A. Sandweiss’ website says she's a historian who has written and edited many books on photography and the history of the American West. Sandweiss’ newest book brings together those two subjects ...

At least 26 Americans held hostage abroad have been freed since President Donald Trump entered the Oval Office in January. Those who gained their freedom include a ballerina, a teacher and a ...

Founded in 1996 by a pair of Black poets who felt isolated in predominantly white literary spaces, Cave Canem has become one ...

P rofessional wrestling is a career that a person can't do forever. The injuries, wear and tear, and toll it puts on ...

Sela’s works at Nubuke Foundation, Accra blend abstract and representational styles to prompt contemporary discussions ...