Bud Fowler: The true pioneer of Black baseball
While Jackie Robinson is often celebrated as the first Black player in Major League Baseball, history tells a different story ...
Scottish colourists exhibition: the painters who stood shoulder to shoulder with Matisse and Cezanne
In the early years of the 20th century, four painters left behind a drab grey Presbyterian Scotland for the exciting ...
Paul Wall Claims He Didn't Know He Was White Till 'Elementary or Middle School'; 'All My Friends Were Black or Mexican or Asian'
Realizations we have in childhood can be quite interesting, but in Paul Wall’s case, a particular revelation was rather ...
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Kelefa Sanneh on the Spiritual Quests of Mike White
From the daily newsletter: the man behind “The White Lotus.” Plus: Elon Musk takes aim at the Labor Department; the Profile ...
The brief but shining life of Paul Laurence Dunbar, a poet who gave dignity to the Black experience
Paul Laurence Dunbar was only 33 years old when he died in 1906. In his short yet prolific life, Dunbar used folk dialect to ...