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

WPI professor Lucy Caplan explores how Black artists helped transform opera in new book "Dreaming in Ensemble." ...

Family members of Private First Class Elizabeth Bernice Barker Johnson say their phones have been ringing constantly from ...

In the early 20th century — a time when men held most positions of authority — Greene was a celebrated book agent, a curator and the first director of the Morgan Library. She also earned US$10,000 a ...

Black History Month theme is “African Americans and Labor.” The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) notes that the theme sets out to highlight and celebrate the ...

Angela Bassett has said that she deserved to win the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for playing Ramonda in Black Panther 2.

They're the Forty Elephants, a real gang led by the charismatic Mary Carr (Erin Doherty), who pilfer the prized possessions ...

Angela Bassett spoke out about the discussions to her viral reaction after losing the Oscar for Best Actress for her role in "Black Panther." ...

Next up for Bassett is Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. She reprises her Fallout role as Erika Sloane, a former CIA ...

Captain Tonatte Mitchell is reflecting on making history as the first Black female captain of the Charleston Police ...

Thereasea Clark Elder broke barriers for Black public health nurses in Charlotte as the city’s first for the life-saving profession. Born in 1927, the Charlotte native grew up in the Greenville ...

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