The 1920s were a period of great change. Vintage photographs provide a glimpse at what life was like for women throughout the decade.

Each of the three movements of Bonds’ “Spiritual Suite” quotes an African-American spiritual — “The Valley of the Bones,” based on “Dry Bones”; “The Bells,” based on “Peter, Go Ring Dem Bells”; and ...

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From racial terror to literacy tests to modern-day voter suppression, efforts to silence Black political power have never stopped.

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“All gatherings by slaves and free men of color were prohibited ... of Mardi Gras goers rushed to see New Orleans native Louis Armstrong be crowned Zulu king. “There’s a thing I ...

Some of those highlights were captured in the following photos: Louis Armstrong performed in Finch Fieldhouse on May 16, 1958, as part of the festivities for the first Greek Week. Finch also ...

William Johnson, a former law school dean at St. Louis University, didn’t want to be another white man on a wall with ...