Black American novelists, filmmakers and other writers are using comedy to reveal — and combat — our era’s disturbing ...

Phillis Wheatley-Peters was kidnapped as a child from West Africa and sold into slavery in Boston. Despite systemic ...

The 1920s were a period of great change. Vintage photographs provide a glimpse at what life was like for women throughout the ...

In this nostalgic and fascinating book, Julie Satow, author of The Plaza, writes about the golden age of three now-vanished ...

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a one-liner joke contest, chiptune music fest and ...

He quickly gained such an appreciation for classic paintings from Western movements like impressionism, fauvism, and the Harlem Renaissance that he decided to teach himself their techniques with no ...

Godfather of Harlem“ returns in April for its highly anticipated fourth season on MGM+. This season continues the gripping saga of crime boss Bumpy Johnson (Forest Whitaker) as he battles for ...

Zoning, which was created in the wake of Herbert Hoover’s presidency, was closely related to a practice called “red lining,” Hays said; named after the practice of drawing red lines on city ...

RISD’s first documented graduate of color, Prophet in 1918 received a certificate in freehand drawing and painting with a concentration in portraiture ... But she held herself aloof from the ...

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This group is not only preserving the arts; they're safeguarding truth, and ensuring our collective future remains as bold, boundless, and Black as it has always been ...