The black and white portrait was captured by esteemed photographer Régine Mahaux. It was taken on Jan. 21, 2025, in the Yellow Oval Room of the White House, according to the office of the first lady.

The portrait of the first Black President of the United States was hung in the East Room of the White House by former President Joe Biden’s administration. The portrait depicts Obama in front of ...

A long-lost portrait of Abraham Lincoln once owned by Jonathan Burgess’ great-grandparents, Anna and Rufus M. Burgess, two of Coloma’s earliest Black settlers, had found its way to a bench in ...

For nearly 150 years, a stained-glass window portraying Jesus and three biblical women as Black hung at St. Mark’s, an 1830 Greek Revival church in Warren, Rhode Island. It’s said to be the ...

The collection has the power to change the historical narrative of Black life in Central Virginia during the 19th and early 20th century. The subjects in each portrait commissioned the photos from ...

The re-release and exhibition of Gordon Parks' "Born Black" bring new relevance to the famed photographer's perspective on Black American life. The late Gordon Parks — director, composer ...

Macon Bolling Allen went on to become the nation's first African American judge and was a partner at the first Black-led firm in South Carolina. The portrait arrived in Portland in 1873.

When “A Black Lady Sketch Show” production designers ... “It’s out of focus in the background, but it’s a hand-painted portrait of me from the 2021 Emmys with a little Welsh corgi ...

“The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black figure” is a new survey at the National Portrait Gallery in London that considers how 22 artists from the African Diaspora are currently ...

Amy Sherald — the visionary behind Michelle Obama’s iconic portrait — is once again making history. Next fall, she will become the first contemporary Black artist to have a solo exhibition ...