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In 1924, the all-male Taos Society of Artists decided to invite the first and — as it would turn out — only woman into its ranks. Her name was Catharine

A stained-glass window, donated in 1877 to a church in Rhode Island, United States, shows Jesus as a dark-skinned man. Most Western depictions portrayed him as a European, with light skin and sometimes even with blue eyes. A Black Jesus at this...

A stained-glass window, donated in 1877 to a church in Rhode Island, shows Jesus as a dark-skinned man. Most Western depictions portrayed him as a European, with light skin and

A stained-glass window, which shows Jesus as a Black man for the first time, tells a story not only of race but of gender, class and ethnicity.

“I knew the story, I’ve known it for years. But never in my wildest imagination did I ever think we would actually have it hanging in the museum with his other paintings."

Architect and art historian Hadley Arnold knew she was in for some surprises when she began transforming an 1830 Rhode Island church into a second home; but she certainly didn’t expect to discover one of America’s most significant works of religious art.

In 2014, Hadley Arnold and her husband, Peter, purchased the former St. Mark’s Church in Warren with plans to turn it into a home. A mainstay of the A local couple made quite the beautiful discovery after purchasing their East Bay home in 2014.

A stained glass window in a small Rhode Island church has been identified as the first-of-its-kind depiction of Jesus as a Black man.

Singapore News - Never mind the news that Singapore will officially move to Dorscon green on Feb 13, after more than three years of living with heightened health alerts about Covid-19. The buzz on social media on Thursday (Feb 9) instead centred on a school's decision to relocate and be... Read more at www.tnp.sg

The First African Baptist Church has opened its doors to the Savannah community and beyond since 1777. The resident historian, Karen Wortham, said the building and the congregation had played elemental roles in the Underground Railroad and the Civil Rights Movement. Beginning in 2003, Wortham studied the history of the church. Before her staff position,...