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Miller is a guest curator for this year’s exhibit, and it was her 2009 book, “Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity,” that helped to inspire this year ...
Tailoring Black Style,” a tribute to Black dandyism, its cultural roots, and the books that define its legacy.
Preachers like John Marrant proclaimed the gospel across cultures. But the persistence—and defense—of slavery challenged ...
In this interview, Cheryl Thompson, author of ‘Canada and the Blackface Atlantic: Performing Slavery, Conflict and Freedom, ...
William Carney, whose Civil War heroism was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the movie "Glory," will get his own comic book ... a Black soldier later recognized by the award. Born into slavery ...
During the past two months, the group has held 52 quilting events across the country in libraries, public meeting spaces and ...
While the Trump administration tries to downplay matters of race and racism in US history, the minister of a Providence ...
The card holders on the long dining room table offered guidance to the women assembled around it: “Keep it Constitutional” ...
This year's Met Gala theme was Superfine: Tailoring Black Style - based on Monica L. Miller's 2009 book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity - and the ...
In shocking footage, a woman wearing a grey sweatsuit screams at security as she tries to enter one of the entrances to the hotel. 'I'm staying at this hotel,' she snaps as she tries to enter ...
In Enough is Enuf, writer Gabe Henry wittily and engagingly confronts all of these questions head-on and arrives at a surprising answer: We actually have tried, on many occasions across numerous ...