What do Coretta Scott King's wedding dress, jazz and the middle passage all have in common? Scholar and author Imani Perry explains — it's the color blue. In her new book, Black in Blues: How a Color ...
When I was living in West Philadelphia during graduate school, I noticed that my neighborhood abounded with ornately decorated Victorian-style porches, many of which featured ceilings painted in a ...
Since Trinity College became Duke University in 1924, it has served as a backdrop for the Civil Rights Movement. While students and faculty had petitioned for the elimination of racially-restrictive ...