In an exclusive interview on Jan. 10, U.S. Rep. Lacy Clay (D-Mo.) told the AFRO he will file a complaint with the Capitol Hill police against one of his Republican colleagues. The controversy involves ...

“The Black artist is dangerous. Black art controls the Negro’s’ reality, negates negative influences, and creates positive images.” – Sonia Sanchez Recently, the Washington Post ran a Jan. 6 article ...

Amid Lagos Art Week and Lagos Photo, this event brought together cultural practitioners for wide-ranging conversations about ...

In the past few years, Ghanaian artist Amoako Boafo has electrified the art world with his captivating and contorted portraits of Black figures against bright, often monochromatic backgrounds.

The LGBTQ-focused museum is among several institutions that stepped up to host portions of “Nature’s Wild,” an exhibition ...

The parents of a Woodland School student have filed suit against the Warren school district alleging that a teacher sent a black Afro-style wig and white face paint to the student who is multiracial.

Artist Salad Hilowle (center) with his creative team — curator Sagal Farah and graphic designer Oskar Laurin — with a photograph that opens the "Inscriptions" exhibition at the American Swedish ...

"In The Heights" has received criticism for a lack of dark-skinned Afro-Latino leads. Lin-Manuel Miranda apologized for the colorism and said he would work for better representation. "In trying to ...