His Sean John fashion line, which he launched in 1998, brought hip-hop street style to the luxury end of the clothing market.

COMMENTARY: In a time of prejudice and social tension, a single afternoon with a group of Franciscan sisters offered an ...

June saw the death of a musician whose talent brought The Beach Boys from a local California band to hitmakers and international ambassadors of surf and sun.

From Elena Ferrante in Italy to Hervé Le Tellier in France and Orhan Pamuk in Turkey, enrich your travelling experience with ...

LaMoree’ Moore was forced by members of Alpha Kappa Alpha to withstand excruciating physical endurance drills while being ...

Nigerian American musician Ike Ndolo is known for his work as a Catholic worship leader. But he is also an activist, and his new single, "God in the Rubble," makes an unwavering statement about ...

In “The Last Supper,” Paul Elie explores how controversies over artists like Sinéad O’Connor and Keith Haring paved the way for today’s political and cultural rifts.

The Lorain Public Library hosted Pittsburgh’s City of Bridges High School students as they honor Author Toni Morrison on May 3. English Teacher Bret Moore hosted a read-in at the library’s ...

Born under the name Chloe Ardelia Woford in Lorain, OH, on Feb. 18, 1931, Morrison enrolled into Howard University in Washington D.C. in 1949, where she would begin using the name “Toni” in reference ...

For instance, while Toni Morrison was baptized Catholic, her work does not meaningfully incorporate Catholic doctrine, making her an unlikely candidate for this category.

The award-winning Black feminist author Toni Morrison converted to Roman Catholicism in her teens, taking Anthony as her baptismal name and using Toni as a pen name. She wrote fiction featuring ...

American Nobel laureate and "Beloved" author Toni Morrison smiles during a news conference at the Louvre Museum in Paris, Nov. 8, 2006. (Michel Euler/AP) Author Andrea Davis Pinkney is out with a ...