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Black Native American sculptress honored with USPS stamp

Edmonia Lewis, thought to be the first African American and Native American sculptor to earn international recognition, will be featured

Aisha Powell / January 22, 2022

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Edmonia Lewis, America’s first Black sculptor, featured on U.S. postage stamp

Edmonia Lewis was a groundbreaking sculptor whose work made a major impression both in America and overseas. Now, she is

Matthew Allen / January 6, 2022

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Amy Sherald’s Breonna Taylor portrait is now hanging in African American museum

When police shooting victim Breonna Taylor was gunned down in her own home in March 2020 in Louisville, her name

Biba Adams / September 9, 2021

Politics Featured

Charles Curtis was the first US vice president of color

When Vice President Kamala Harris was sworn into office on Jan. 20, she made history as the first woman of

Ashley Terrell / January 30, 2021

News Politics

How will history view the Capitol insurrection and its racial hypocrisy?

President-Elect Joe Biden said ”it is a good thing” Donald Trump will not be coming to his inauguration. He is, however,

April Ryan / January 8, 2021

Entertainment

Photo from Vogue shoot of Beyoncé’s done by Tyler Mitchell coming to Smithsonian Gallery

A 2018 photo of Beyoncé shot by Tyler Mitchell, the first the first African-American photographer to shoot a cover for

Shawn Grant / August 7, 2019

Entertainment

Paris art exhibition renames paintings to pay homage to formerly nameless Black models

The prestigious Musee d’Orsay is holding a new exhibition to shed light on the often nameless Black models that appear

Megan Sims / March 29, 2019