Explore the history of Black presence at the Preakness Stakes and the equestrian industry with this photo collection from the AFRO archives.

The museum highlights the artistic and technological evolution of photography in the U.S., in a show full of surprising ...

Thomas J Price's 12-foot sculpture of a Black woman in Times Square is inspiring online debates about race and representation ...

Zora Neale Hurston's present popularity is remarkable because she was one of the most unappreciated types of Americans: a black conservative.

Explore the life of Malcolm X and how his experiences in foster care shaped his worldview and impact on the civil rights ...

Dr. Rebecca Crumpler was the first Black woman to become a physician in the United States. Working in the aftermath of the ...

Women have always been almost nonexistent in public artwork. Less than seven percent of national monuments honor women. As ...

For 46 days in 1836, lawmakers met in Belmont to decide where to permanently place the capital. They were lobbied with land plots and buffalo robes.

The Bible asks us to honor and love our mothers. It says so in Exodus 20:12, “Honor your father and your mother,” and Leviticus 19:3, “Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father.” ...

The Courant’s arts picks for May 11-17 include Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, Al Stewart and Livingston Taylor, George Clinton and ...

“The Unholy Trinity” is billed as a “tale of revenge, dark secrets, and buried treasures,” with the drama being set in 1870s Montana. The film begins moments before the execution of Isaac ...

Gwendolyn Brooks grew up in a South Side house full of books and was a poet from an early age, eventually becoming the first ...