“There is nothing supreme about being white.”

PBS’ American Experience premieres documentary film on pioneering writer and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960). Directed by Tracy Heather Strain, Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space is...

A new book—the first-ever collection of Lee’s work—and a solo exhibition in New York make the case that he is one of the great overlooked luminaries of American picture-making.

Black Journal, a public television series that ran from 1968 to 1977, joins the The American Archive of Public Broadcasting. Two WNET Group staff members share its significance.

The story of the girl who grew up in Pasadena, took the bus, loved her mom and grandmother, and wrote herself into the world.

The Senegalese director died 16 years ago, but his politically incisive, emotionally nuanced films retain their allure

KET will celebrate the February premiere of its documentary "Becoming bell hooks" with preview screenings in Louisville and Lexington.

Arguably no other artist in the past century has been able to combine aesthetics with political impact like the Harlem native. Ahead of her first New York retrospective, she fields questions from...

The first time I encountered Saidiya Hartman, she was a voice in salt., an award-winning play by artist and performer Selina Thompson. Woven carefully into the play’s text, Hartman’s words guide...

Why don’t we know more about joyful Black spaces?

In the Black Fantastic is a new exhibition bringing together black artists whose works explore fantasy and race.

An audio docuseries about Hazel Johnson recognizes the community organizer's importance in developing the growing movement.

Tiago Rogero’s productions are a celebration of the people who arrived in the country as slaves and their descendants

A new art exhibit at the Spelman College Museum of Art reimagines Renaissance-era creation stories with Black religions and history at the center.

The multi-state initiative is part of efforts investigating the overlooked history and lives of Afro-Mexicans.

Terri Lee Freeman, president of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture, says society is at a crossroads where the accurate telling of history is of the utmost...

Marlon Troy Riggs (1957–1994) was an award-winning filmmaker, artist, educator, poet, and gay rights activist.

Discover Schomburg Center in person and digital materials to explore during Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month. 

David Seitz visits Allie Martin’s sound work, This is a Black Neighborhood.

Simone Leigh's first museum survey, at the ICA Boston, is a triumphant portrait of an artist at the height of her powers.

In her new book Black Archives, Renata Cherlise makes the case for celebrating everyday Black joy.

The National Gallery of Art, which began life as a vast collection of Impressionist and other Europe-centric artists, has spent the last few years looking at ways to shift its approach and become a...

Yvette Lee Bowser said she found her "real voice" as a creator and writer amid a clash that happened during the development process.

The host of Netflix’s “High on the Hog” draws seductive stories from a bittersweet legacy.

Also today: Toronto aims to be the next AI startup hub, and city workers join labor strikes in Los Angeles.

The rap legend and acclaimed filmmaker talk their Netflix docuseries Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop.

Hurston consistently drew attention to herself in her ethnographies and included the dialogue of her interlocutors, thus eschewing the objective and distant narrator perspective. (reviews)

Professor Reighan Gillam illuminates the lives and experiences of Afro-Brazilians.

Will Jeffrey Wright receive best actor attention for "American Fiction," which premiered at TIFF?

A heritage center honoring the survivors of the Clotilda, the last known slave ship to come to the U.S., opens on Saturday.

Guest columnist Jeanell English explains why she left the film academy earlier this year — and why she's not alone in the recent 'exodus' of Hollywood DEAI execs.

Edna Bonhomme pays tribute to the polymath artist whose legacy goes beyond her contributions to Black Arts Movement

Zora Neale Hurston, writer of "Their Eyes Were Watching God," was a groundbreaking anthropologist, collecting the stories of Black Southerners. A documentary highlights this work.

Elon Musk’s antics have encouraged many Black users to seek out less problematic spaces.

The creator of “A Black Lady Sketch Show” has achieved a number of comedy “firsts,” but she prefers to focus on who’s next and how she can help them get there.

When she started the Black Film Archive, Maya Cade was one person working to preserve Black film. Now she has the Library of Congress as a resource.

The Afro-German Diek family has lived in Germany since the end of the 19th century, yet still experiences discrimination. Descendant Abenaa Adomako is adding a new chapter to the culture of remembr...

The Afro-Latinx community is taking action to change the world and create a more inclusive and representative society.

The folding chair — a design of which was patented by a Black American inventor — has emerged as an iconic motif of the viral scene.

Her travels with her grandfather, W.E.B. Du Bois, would be a highlight of her life.

The renowned artist's exuberant portraits celebrate Black history and take the form to a new level

Most people know the artist for his paintings gracefully embodying the Black experience in America. In an upcoming exhibition, his photographs take center stage.

Jalondra Davis, UC Riverside’s mermaid expert, speaks on the upcoming film “The Little Mermaid,” Black mermaid lore, and the historical components of this sea goddess.

Manu of the people who have capitalized off of Afro-Latine identity have been light-skinned Black Latines who have been given space to be the face of all Black Latines. And some of us believe that...

The three top soap operas now feature black protagonists after years of whitewashing Brazil’s ethnic makeup

Born in a slum in Brazil, Ingrid Silva is a successful Black ballerina who fighting for more diversity in the professional ballet field.