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The identity of the “Woman of the High Plains” was revealed in 1979—but five years later, Nettie Featherston was forgotten ...
Cree White, a retired jazz singer, never found her "tribe" in Charlotte, NC, so now she's eyeing La Paz, Mexico.
A 1699 letter from an enslaved boy portrayed in a 17th-century painting sheds light on Black identity and agency in early ...
Long before Instagram filters and Photoshop, Oak Harbor resident William Schumm picked up a camera to show his family the ...
Women and minorities face barriers in Illinois’ construction trades despite new progress and diversity efforts.
From Aussie Dyson Daniels’ show-stopping sequined number to the man who would become the “gold” standard in the game today ... the players fits steal the show at the NBA draft.
Some of the most beautiful movies of all time were shot in black and white, including classics like Seven Samurai and newer ...
Black women's beauty and fashion are complex, meaningful acts, deliberate strategies for engaging with the world that make ...
Style Points is a column about how fashion intersects with the wider world.
Who were the 6888th Battalion? The Six Triple Eight Postal Directory Battalion were a unit of the Women's Army Corps in World ...
History was made in the Miss Wisconsin 2025 Competition, when 22-year-old Willow Newell became the first Black woman to win Miss Wisconsin in the Miss America Opportunity.
From John Lennon with short hair to a young Christopher Walken on set, here are 50 rarely seen photos from the '60s and '70s.