James Baldwin's wardrobe was a form of code-switching, a sartorial dialect he adapted to navigate different worlds.

When J D Harris (1833–84) began studying medicine in 1863, there were few African American doctors whose paths he could follow. The first university-trained African American physician, James McCune ...

Olympic darling Cate Campbell is yet to master the autocue but that didn’t stop Nine from thrusting the statuesque retired swimmer before its TV cameras this week as the search for a presenter to ...

Harry Langdon! In "The Big Flash," a newspaper photographer is tasked with capturing images of a notorious criminal, Brick Dugan, during a jewelry store robbery. Amidst comedic banter and chaotic ...

An array of photos covering the civil rights movement in Alabama by famed Birmingham News photographer Spider Martin will be on display for the next few weeks at Birmingham City Hall. City of ...

Belle da Costa Greene, the first director of the Morgan Library, was a Black woman who passed as white in the early 20th ...

Florence Pugh dazzles on the runway at the Harris Reed show in London, plus Kate Hudson, Ewan McGregor and more. From New ...

Marvel’s choice to make a Black man the face of American exceptionalism raises questions the film never answers, despite ...

Feb. 21 (UPI) -- Hulu has renewed its sci-fi mystery series, Paradise, for a second season. The show, which wraps up its first season on March 4, reunites This is Us writer-producer Dan Fogelman with ...

Belle da Costa Greene, who was JP Morgan’s librarian, became a lively fixture at Gilded Age mansions, country retreats, ...