Is Toni Morrison’s Masterpiece ‘Beloved’ a Call for Reparations?
A new book by Kingsborough Community College Prof. Maureen Fadem explores Toni Morrison's "Beloved" as a clarion call for reparations. Read more ›
Rapper Heavy D Will Be Honored with a 20-Foot Sculpture in Mount Vernon
Brooklyn College Professor Eto Otitigbe won a commission to create a $100,000 sculpture honoring Heavy D in Mount Vernon, New York Read more ›
Dirty Jokes, Fiction, & Pop Culture: The Secret Life of Abe Lincoln
Abe Lincoln is one of the nation's most famous presidents, and his frontier upbringing is the stuff of legends. But what isn't well-known is Lincoln's love of pop culture. Read more ›
How Fox TV Got Its Name: From an Immigrant in the Movie Biz
A new book charts the history of Twentieth Century Fox, from the movie studio founded by an immigrant, to Rupert Murdoch's Fox TV. Read more ›
Works By Novelists Flannery O’Connor & Gertrude Stein Are Now Operas
A Bronx Community College professor has composed operas based on novels by two American women, Gertrude Stein and Flannery O'Connor Read more ›
New Documentary Shines Light on the Life and Death of Breonna Taylor
Yoruba Richen, of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, directed a documentary about the life and untimely death of Breonna Taylor. Read more ›
A Black Professor Pulls Back the Curtain on Racism in Music Theory
Philip Ewell, a Black music theorist, is challenging racism in his field, including the ardent white supremacism of music theorist Heinrich Schenker. Read more ›
Revealing A Famous Brooklyn Statue’s Link to Confederate Monuments
The man who sculpted Green-Wood Cemetery's famous Minerva statue in Brooklyn also created several Confederate monuments and shared opinions on art with the Nazis.
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How African Masks Changed the World of Modern Art
A new book shows how African masks changed the world of modern art, influencing Picasso and other modernists, and paving the way for the Black art renaissance. Read more ›