I get chills recalling the sheer power of art that I felt in this room at the National Portrait Gallery, as if the genius loci of Washington, D.C. was standing next to me like a ghost.

Over the last decade, Afrobeats has become a global phenomenon, bringing African music into the Western mainstream. There’s ...

The civil rights activist stood next to Malcolm X at his last public speech. So why was she erased from history?

Carter's political and cultural impact will be studied in a new college course coming to Yale University next year.

When British author Ekow Eshun felt what he called “a harsh time of unbridled racism” in his native London, he turned his ...