I first learned about Denise Murrell—the curator and scholar behind the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s big and shiny new spectacle, “The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism” (through July ...

A new book explores the history and social importance of the Harlem Globetrotters. The Harlem Globetrotters may have a New York name, but they started as a Chicago team. A new book reveals the history ...

Outside the Washington Heights branch of the New York Public Library in Manhattan stands a metal post topped with an unassuming blue plaque bearing golden letters — an easily overlooked marker that’s ...