Negro spirituals were created by Africans during slavery and have been passed down from generation to generation. In Baton ...

Now, 138 years after it was composed, Morgiane is being produced in a concert setting. Two companies, OperaCréole and Opera ...

Trace/s,” an exhibition at the Center for Brooklyn History, highlights the borough’s neglected story of slavery — and the Black genealogists helping to unearth it.

On Sunday mornings, during worship at a Black church, the sign language interpreter is often the most animated person in the room. Their spirited machinations include hands flying, bodies swaying, and ...

It involves anti-technology vegan transsexuals known as the Zizians. Gafni notes that he encountered this group more than ...

A race-based method for calculating kidney function resulted in many Black patients being lower on the transplant waitlist ...

We often hear from readers who worry about how to pass the Catholic faith on to their children. This week’s episode of ...

As the title suggests, this is a series about migrants whose movements across our land ended up being the most consequential ...

Edmond Dédé composed Morgiane 138 years ago, but his racial identity prevented the opera from receiving proper staging.

Mother Henriette Delille founded the Sisters of the Holy Family, a U.S. congregation of black sisters that cared for the poor ...

Morgiane, perhaps the oldest opera by a Black American, finally receives its full public performance, shedding light on the ...