One of Hahn’s favorite novels is The Day of the Locust by Nathaniel West, which she says perfectly captures the underbelly of ...

You can now view the "Portrait of Leana and the Lambeth Children" in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA)'s American art ...

Amy Sherald, best known for her portrait of Michelle Obama, is affirmed as one of the most significant American artists of our time in "American Sublime," a Whitney Museum retrospective ...

The painter's most heralded pieces, including portraits of Michelle Obama and Breonna Taylor, find a home in New York City.

Margaret Mitchell was born in 1900, a quarter century after the beginning and subsequently abrupt end of Reconstruction.

The National Park Service edited a page on its website that describes the Underground Railroad to reduce the emphasis on Harriet Tubman.

This story was updated to add new information. The Mississippi State women's basketball season has ended, and roster reconstruction is underway for next season. The transfer portal opened on March ...

In this article, Kelley was described as an "amateur historian and playwright" who had built his archive from vintage group portraits of African Americans that he "purchased on Ebay, at flea ...

She became the first African American woman in South Carolina to earn a medical license and passionately advocated for improved healthcare for African Americans, particularly focusing on children.

The National Park Service said Monday that a portrait and a quote from Tubman ... Civil War – refers to the efforts of enslaved African Americans to gain their freedom by escaping bondage.

The director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture left his post Friday. Kevin Young had led the groundbreaking Washington, D.C., institution since 2021. His resignation ...