Called “Black Memorabilia” and “Black Americana” at times, blackface characters and apparel have had a long run in America. Now, the African American Museum is confronting their legacy head-on.

This week marks the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the battle that produced one of the most inspiring images in our ...

James Wade of MedievalMadness took a vivid look at how certain colors were perceived during the Middle Ages, particularly ...

Scholar Kathryn Vaggalis has untangled the complex racial identity of Greek immigrants to America in her research of Greek "picture brides." ...

On the night of July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard the slaving schooner La Amistad — Spanish for “Friendship” ...

Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes.

The citizens photographed by Boris Mikhailov in the last days of the Soviet Union evoke laughter and sympathy in a show at ...

X-ray and infrared imaging has revealed a long-hidden painting beneath "Portrait of Mateu Fernández de Soto," providing ...

The Dutch Survey of American Photography is the first in Europe. It traces America’s self-documented history with cool ...

A Luxembourg museum has scooped three portraits by 18th century painter Monique Daniche, featuring the elite of Strasbourg ...

A U.S. Army colonel’s great-grandson returned a “good luck” flag Wednesday to the family of a Japanese soldier who carried it ...