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The Memphis church pivotal in Martin Luther King Jr.'s final days suffers a devastating fire
A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.'s final stand has ...
Trump vows to bring Columbus Day back ‘from the ashes’
Trump called out Democrats for tarnishing Christopher Columbus' reputation, vowing to bring back Columbus Day from the ashes ...
Waterbury's Mattatuck Museum features art of late civil rights activist Elizabeth Catlett
“The Art of Elizabeth Catlett from the Collection of Samella Lewis,” will continue through June 15 at the Mattatuck Museum, ...
The Columbian2d
Zimbabwe’s stone carvers seek a revival amid Oxford exhibition
A pair of white hands blinding a Black face. A smiling colonizer with a Bible, crushing the skull of a screaming native with his boot. Chained men in gold mines, and a pregnant ...
The Africa Report3d
10 items of colonial loot Africa would quite like back now, please
The repatriation of African art is gaining momentum, but a number of highly important and symbolic pieces remain in the hands ...
Museum’s Benin Bronzes Are Reclaimed by Wealthy Collector
The royal leader of the Kingdom of Benin sought the return of artifacts displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The ...
See historic bronzes displayed in MFA’s prized — and now doomed — Benin Kingdom Gallery
The wealthy donor who pledged them to the museum asked they be returned to him amid talks to transfer ownership to their ...
South Florida Times4d
Zimbabwe’s stone carver’s exhibition confronts a British colonial legacy
A pair of white hands blinding a Black face. A smiling colonizer with a Bible, crushing the skull of a screaming ...
The Press Democrat6d
Zimbabwe's stone carvers seek a revival as an Oxford exhibition confronts a British colonial legacy
A collection of Zimbabwean stone sculptures will be the centerpiece of an exhibition at Oxford University meant to ...