Tag Archives: African Americans

A nonprofit in upstate New York is reclaiming a centuries-old cemetery for enslaved people

KINGSTON, N.Y. (AP) — In a residential neighborhood in upstate New York, college students this summer dug and sifted through the dirt in their backyard as part of an archaeological exploration of a centuries-old African American burial ground. Now covered in green grass in the city of Kingston, it was part of a cemetery for… Read More »

The Met’s New Exhibition on the Harlem Renaissance Reveals How Black Artists Used Fashion and Art to Control Their Own Narratives

A young couple poses in their shiny new Cadillac on West 127th Street in Harlem. The woman wears a cloche hat and, with a slight smile, offers a cold gaze from under the wide brim of the fedora. They both wear flamboyant ankle-length raccoon coats. James Van Der Zee’s 1932 photograph “Couple” is among the… Read More »