Oregon has one of the smallest Black populations in the U.S. A history of exclusion laws and ongoing systemic racism play major roles.

Oregon's dark history of racism and Black exclusion laws mean many if the stories of Black people and their contributions to the state have been forgotten, hidden or completely erased. To ...

A Portland-based artists' collection of Black Oregon historical figures' portraits is on display through June in Eugene.

ATLANTA — There’s an ongoing debate on the campus of Morehouse College surrounding the unveiling of a portrait in the college chapel’s International Hall of Honor. An oil painting of Joseph Smith, ...

I once lived in a Black mecca. But by the summer of 2022, my toddler son and I were often the only Black folks on the playground in Bedford-Stuyvesant, a fact that felt both alienating and surreal. We ...

"Lift ev'ry voice and sing," a song often called the Black national anthem, was sung before the Super Bowl for the sixth year in a row Sunday. This year, Grammy winner and former Disney child star ...

The Rochester Americans paused before puck drop at Blue Cross Arena Friday night to honor one of the franchise’s most beloved former players, Scott Metcalfe. One person found dead after fire at ...

Black History Month marks its 100th anniversary this year. Each year, the organization that launched the observance announces a national theme. This year’s theme, “A Century of Black History ...

A portrait of Joseph Smith Jr., the first prophet and president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is unveiled. The ceremony took place Feb. 1 in the Martin Luther King Jr.

This year, we celebrate the most significant milestone in our Nation’s history: 250 glorious years of American independence. From the very beginning, our country has been blessed with countless black ...

Portrait of a Canon Regular (1552) depicts an unidentified clergy member. Robert Simon Fine Art A long-lost painting by Sofonisba Anguissola—one of the few famous women artists of the Renaissance—has ...

A funerary portrait from Roman Egypt, featuring a strikingly modern-looking male subject with piercing hazel eyes and graying hair, sold for more than double its high estimate on Thursday during ...