Jaki Shelton Green, North Carolina’s first African American poet laureate, discusses life, loss, joy and sometimes being mistaken for the hired help.

Lorraine O'Grady, an artist who bravely used her conceptual pieces and performance art to critique systems of power, ...

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Learn about Ann Lowe, the African American fashion designer behind Jacqueline Kennedy's wedding dress, and her lasting impact ...

Helen LaFrance was a self-taught folk artist primarily focused on memory paintings—vivid depictions drawn from her ...

Oak Ridge Cemetery is like the Disney World of cemeteries – it’s got it all, including the star attraction: Abraham Lincoln’s ...

Award-winning US poet Nikki Giovanni, who was at the forefront of the Black Arts Movement, died aged 81 after a long battle ...

Whether you're a huge Rihanna stan or just discovering her body of work, you might learn a thing or two about this modern-day ...

Anderson Cooper and Lupita Nyong'o aren’t just celebrities — they're Ivy League grads! See which degrees these stars and more ...

In US history, Paul Revere is celebrated as the lone hero alerting Americans of the impending arrival of British troops before the critical battles of Lexington and Concord in the American ...

Over the next 12 years, it would be seen in Philadelphia, Washington and Los Angeles, attracting an audience of more than 35,000 people for a drama that purported to tell 10,000 years of Black history ...

A short film about a trip to Europe with friends. Each of these pieces of art was created by Asian American artists from North Texas and featured in the Dallas Asian American Art Collective’s ...