She was like other Black Americans passing by that same picture of Jesus as one of the triumvirate of martyrs: Jesus, John F. Kennedy Jr., and Martin Luther King Jr.

The debate over the color of Jesus’ skin is one of the oldest running arguments in religion. But this Easter, the question is a serious one — for several reasons.

The window, featuring a Black Jesus, was commissioned in 1877 by Mary P. Carr, a wealthy White widow, and donated to the church in honor of two other wealthy White women in Warren’s Episcopalian ...

OPINION: So often, when weaponizing MLK's words against Black people, white people like to lecture us about "what he died for" as if his death was voluntary. It was not. On this day, 55 years ago ...

Nicholas Pinnock on Playing Black Jesus in ‘The Book of Clarence’ The British actor, who plays the mysterious Messiah in Jeymes Samuel's comedic biblical epic, says he "expects and welcomes" a ...

Read the full story here in the TIME Vault: The Jesus Revolution The cover art, which is by Stanislaw Zagorski and now in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, is among TIME’s grooviest.

Jesus will be played by Blanca Del Loco, the first Black transgender performer to take on the role. A Queer Community Night with discounted tickets for LGBTQ+ attendees is available for March 15.