A look at the lives of Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Steward, the first Black female doctor in New York, and her sister Sarah J. S ...

Everett pulls off a masterly linguistic confection, in which enslaved people use Black English only as a wary affectation.

Passionate, complex, and influential—these iconic Black couples have left an unforgettable mark on the entertainment industry ...

At the National Museum of African Art, a Washington, D.C. artist’s work illuminates a gallery room and honors 54 people who ...

The Richard Beavers Gallery returns to its Brooklyn roots with the exhibit "American Fiction," with works by Brooklyn-native ...

Robert Eggers and 'The Girl With the Needle' filmmaker Magnus von Horn discuss using period detail and practical effects to ...

All the news on HBO's streaming 'Harry Potter' TV series, including cast, release date, how to watch, development and whether ...

"Brooklynites" uncovers the 19th-century struggles of Black residents in what was a New York slaveholding hub.

The mighty Shakespeare Head edition of the Brontë sisters’ works included it alongside the novels, as though it were fiction. The Brontës have been irresistible to novelists and dramatists – there is ...

A look at the lives of Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Steward, New York's first Black female doctor, and her sister Sarah J. S.

The film focuses on a series of hunger strikes organized by those incarcerated at California’s Pelican Bay State Prison, in protest of conditions in highest-security prisons. By Alissa Wilkinson ...