Unsuitable reveals the power of dress to shape the lives of those who wear it – and to challenge, provoke and bring people ...

He spent a year recruiting founding members, and on December 10, 1924, he filed with the state of Illinois for the ...

Conductor Nicholas Hersh calls William Dawson's work "a fundamental part of our history and a beautiful piece of our culture.

ORLANDO, Fla. - Today marks the 133rd anniversary of novelist Zora Neale Hurston's birth. Zora Neale Hurston was an author, ...

When two architects renovated the once-grand floor of a palace in Genoa, Italy, their goal wasn’t period perfection: “We didn ...

Black characters and stories have long existed in the classical canon, but they are too often overlooked, obscured by a Western-centric lens.

The week will focus on Meditations on Democracy, inviting dialogue about King's work and vision on civil rights, social ...

While Gatsby claims the (tarnished) glory with his name in the title, both in the F Scott Fitzgerald novel and in this ...

We’re an academic press, and we aim to publish well-researched, beautifully produced books at a price point that’s affordable ...

Take some time to catch your breath after the crush of the holidays, but don’t hibernate too long or you’ll miss some thought ...

It's easy to feel lost in a nation that has lost its bearings. But Nikki Giovanni's life and works will comfort us as we ...

T he paintings of Mickalene Thomas are big, bold, gaudy, and beautiful, embedded with rhinestones, daubed with phosphorescent color, and composed like crazy quilts. Born in Camden ...