For the past three months, photographer Martin Schoeller—known for his tight portraits of President Barack Obama, Jay-Z, and anyone else you’ve heard of—has been posting pictures of homeless Los Angeles residents to his Instagram account.
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Am I Related to Free People of Color in NC?
Tracing Your Roots: A reader seeks to connect the dots between her recent ancestors and a well-documented family who sued for their freedom.
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A New Movie About Bob Kaufman, a Jewish African-American Street Poet Shrouded in Myth
“And When I Die, I Won’t Stay Dead” does little to dispel the mystery surrounding the artist, which is why it works.
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6 Things to Know About Mosaic, Marvel’s Newest Black Superhero
An Inhuman described as “the perfect spy” is ready to sneak in to the Marvel Universe this October.
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When Black Power Set Racist America On Fire: A Fifty-Year Retrospective
Fifty years ago, the term “Black power” fired into the American vocabulary. In celebration of the fifty-year anniversary of the call for Black power this week, I present this exclusive excerpt from my new book, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America.
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This Nigerian Artist Is Using Afro Combs to Revere Righteous African Activists
Design Inaba brings to our attention Nigerian visual artist Fred Martins’ latest collection of conscious art work.
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Banneker-Douglass Exhibit Highlights African-American Love Stories
Banneker-Douglass museum’s newest exhibit highlights nine African American love stories in Annapolis.
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How Social Activism is Evolving in African-American Churches
Marla Frederick once wanted to be a lawyer. But in college, she fell in love with discussing religion, reveling in opportunities to debate with her closest friends about how Christianity applied to their lives and whether Islam was the true religion.
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A Sculptor of Black Heroes Leaves a Legacy
Because the artist Inge Hardison created towering statues and small busts of schoolchildren, families and heroes like Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., she was often described as the lady who builds giants.
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Deconstructing African American Identity into Axioms, Photos, and Colors
Two things are true: Martine Syms likes both purple and words. As with her website and her publishing imprint Dominica, Syms’ exhibition Fact &Trouble at the Institute of Contemporary Arts is awash in the color purple: Royal purple C-stands, royal purple television monitors, and royal purple exhibition text.
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