A 1699 letter from an enslaved boy portrayed in a 17th-century painting sheds light on Black identity and agency in early ...

Portrait of Alyce Clarke, first Black woman in Mississippi legislature, displayed in state capitol. ... The artist, Ryan Mack, said he based the portrait on a photo of Clarke from the mid-1980s.

It matters not that these photographs were taken 35 years ago, what matters is that their messages and messengers remain as critical to America today as the instant they were taken.

Black women's beauty and fashion are complex, meaningful acts, deliberate strategies for engaging with the world that make ...

The new group photo reflects the Supreme Court’s changing makeup: There are four women and three people of color, including Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who just became the first Black woman ...

Other portraits in the Mississippi Capitol are of former governors and former House speakers, who were all white men. The artist, Ryan Mack, said he based the portrait on a photo of Clarke from ...

Former Rep. Alyce Clarke was the first Black woman elected to the Mississippi legislature, and now she is the first Black person — and first woman — to have a portrait on display in the state ...

According to the CDC, Black women are more than three times more likely to die during childbirth compared to white women. NBC News' Zinhle Essamuah spoke to a man who lost his wife to childbirth ...

JACKSON, Miss. — Former Rep. Alyce Clarke was the first Black woman elected to the Mississippi Legislature, ... Ryan Mack, said he based the portrait on a photo of Clarke from the mid-1980s.

(Photo: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts) “Portrait of Leana and the Lambeth Children” also includes a Black woman, who historian and genealogist Ja’el Gordon has since identified as an enslaved ...

The photo shows 'a woman who's ready to embrace her position' Trump's portrait was taken in the White House's Yellow Oval ...