The Black librarian who rewrote the rules of power, gender and passing as white
Belle da Costa Greene, who was JP Morgan’s librarian, became a lively fixture at Gilded Age mansions, country retreats, ...
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Morning Report: It’s Easier to Renovate a 12th Century Cathedral Than Upgrade a Sewage Plant
Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) The South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant near the ...
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Can landscape regeneration be profitable? One of Australia's richest couples is trying to find out
More than a century of agricultural activity has degraded ... and areas that have been quite degraded," she said. Many threatened plant and animal species call the Quoin home, but so do feral ...
Southern Living25d
The 15 Best Things To Do In Vero Beach, Florida
The primary visual arts facility on the Treasure Coast, the Vero Beach Museum of Art features an impressive permanent collection of nearly 1,000 pieces that range paintings to sculptures to ...
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Celebrate our January photo challenge: The art of black-and-white
You absolutely crushed our January 'B&W Street' photo challenge! See some of the stunning black-and-white street photos from ...
The White House Rose Garden in Photos: A Showcase of Presidential Power
A look at key moments at the White House’s signature outdoor setting amid reports that it may be turned into a ...
SEWE featured artist Ray Brown’s black and white works imprint the mystical presence of animals
Fine artist Ray Brown is the 2025 SEWE featured artist, bringing his distinctive black-and-white charcoal animal portraits to ...
Their grandfather came to America and opened a nursery. A century later, it’s closing
Hawthorne Nursery, one of the last Japanese American-owned plant nurseries established before World War II in Los Angeles, ...
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These Seven Stunning Towers Memorialize Lost Black Lives With Mirrors, Light and Ethiopian Cross Designs
At the National Museum of African Art, a Washington, D.C. artist’s work illuminates a gallery room and honors 54 people who ...
Forbes4d
How A Century Of Young Black Activists Shaped America
In the end, I went to 30 states in 32 days.” She interviewed 127 people from all racial and ethnic backgrounds — Black, Hispanic, White, Asian, Native American and immigrants — and visited ...
The New Zealand Herald14d
The simple black-and-white photo evokes powerful nostalgia - Joe Bennett
Poignant is pricking. I’ve been pricked by a photo. In the earthquakes of 2011 the Lyttelton Museum fell down. Hoping to build a replacement, the Lyttelton Museum Committee puts out a calendar ...
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Black History Month is underway. Here's what to know about its origins and myths.
The history of the observance dates back almost a century ... for National Black History Month, a tradition that President Donald Trump plans to continue, according to White House Press Secretary ...