Marian Anderson

Her performances of the Black spiritual in the nineteen-thirties caused American and European audiences to fall silent in awe.

The book was an especially formal response to the complications of white supremacy, segregated democracy, and civil war.

What did German listeners hear when African American singers performed Schubert or Brahms?

His blazing rendition at Woodstock still echoes throughout the years, reminding us of what is worth fighting for in the American experiment.

The physicist fought for the promise of a diverse, meritocratic America. We need his optimism today.

Seating was segregated, and the ceremony's only Black speaker was forced to drastically revise his speech to avoid spreading "propaganda."

She animated the horror and emotional intensity in American labor songs by projecting them like a European opera singer.

Despite its universalist claims, the field is reckoning with a long legacy of racial exclusion.

A brief history of the Crispus Attucks Circle, an African American relief agency.