From Cinderella to The Hunger Games, Black women have pushed boundaries for their starring roles. Read on to see Halle Bailey ...

Filmmaker RaMell Ross may be a practitioner and admirer of visual art, but in cinema, he strives for the effect of poetry.

Johnnie Mae Chappell was killed in 1965 by a white gunman solely because she was Black. A new city monument tells the story ...

Feb. 25, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Walter White — arguably the most influential Black man in mid-century America ...

Also this week: the 40th anniversary of Paul Schrader's 'Mishima,' a 4K restoration of Lina Wertmüller's 'Swept Away' and ...

Excerpted from a new photography book, Picturing Black History, these unearthed archival images you will see Josephine Baker, ...

F or many Black art collectors, the home doubles as a gallery. Not just because our interiors are where we keep our most ...

French street artist Shuck One is honoring Black figures who shaped France’s recent history on the mainland and overseas in an art installation. The artwork is being produced for an exhibition ...

Oprah Winfrey's slim waist has been attracting a lot of attention lately. The media mogul, who has faced challenges with her ...

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

When it comes to politics, one woman knocked down barriers decades ago at the Mississippi State Capitol. Former State Rep.

A major mixup at a Georgia fertility clinic forced one woman to make the heartbreaking decision to give up a baby she carried ...