News

Artnet2y
The First Stained-Glass Depiction of Jesus as a Black Man Has Been Discovered in the Window of a Small Rhode Island Church
A long-overlooked stained glass window created for a small Rhode Island church 147 years ago has been identified as a historic, first-of-its-kind depiction of Jesus as a Black man. The work of the ...
Religion News Service1y
In 1877, a stained-glass window depicted Jesus as Black for the first time − a scholar of visual images unpacks its history and significance
(The Conversation) — A stained-glass window, which shows Jesus as a Black man for the first time, tells a story not only of race but of gender, class and ethnicity. (The Conversation ...
Houston Chronicle2y
Sewing: Third Ward church's stained glass commemorates Bible stories and Black history
Their vibrant colors help rejuvenate the human spirit while in God's house, yet the intricacies of each window reflect the past of the church and Black people. Look closely. They are windows to ...
Los Angeles Times3mon
One family’s stories prove to be a window on Black struggle and persistence in American history
Author and historian David Levering Lewis, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for his biographies of Black intellectual pioneer ... tells in “The Stained Glass Window” was inspired by an antique ...