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 ...

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

Thirty of Ross' trademark landscapes will be sold at a series of auctions starting in November. He painted many of them live ...

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.

Matthew Chapman is a video game designer who attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and lives in San Marcos, Texas. Before joining Raw Story, he wrote for Shareblue and AlterNet, specializing in ...

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.

A New Jersey family has filed a racial harassment complaint against a school district after the parents said their son’s teacher sent him an unsolicited package that included an afro wig and white ...

"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 ...