The first Black woman to serve on the Federal Reserve board, Ms. Cook has long been a pathbreaker in a field dominated by white men.
Category: Black People
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‘Magic City’ Docuseries Explores Atlanta Strip Club’s Impact
Nelly’s “Tip Drill” video from 2003 was instantly controversial. It’s one of many stories explored in a new docuseries about Magic City in Atlanta.
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Red Lobster Is Betting on Black Diners With Its Brand Comeback
Are nostalgia, a new chief executive and seafood boil bags enough to save the seafood chain after more than 60 years?
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With ‘Highest 2 Lowest,’ Stars Perfect the Art of Friendship
Across 35 years and five films, Spike Lee and Denzel Washington redefined Black male filmmaking and cemented an indestructible personal bond.
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With ‘Highest 2 Lowest,’ Stars Perfect the Art of Friendship
Across 35 years and five films, Spike Lee and Denzel Washington redefined Black male filmmaking and cemented an indestructible personal bond.
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The Complexities of Portraying the Black Elite, From ‘The Gilded Age’ to Ralph Lauren
Recent portrayals of the Black elite have shown the complexities that can come with representing class.
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Michelle Obama and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Draw Crowds on Martha’s Vineyard
In Oak Bluffs, film premieres, book fairs and star-studded soirees attracted fans who came for the art and stayed for the community.
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Thomas Sayers Ellis, Poet of ‘Percussive Prosody,’ Dies at 61
A verbal gymnast on and off the page (as well as a musician and photographer), he was a founder of the Dark Room Collective, a community of writers, and fostered a boom in Black poetry.
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Tracee Ellis Ross on the Joy and Loneliness of Solo Travel
The star actress sat down with us to discuss her new travel show: “There’s got to be something between cat ladies and Joan of Arc. You know what I mean?”
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Southwest Passenger Says She Was Ejected From Flight Based on Her Race
On a flight from Chicago to Washington, D.C., last November, the passenger said she was the only Black person seated in an exit row when she was asked to leave.
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Jim Legxacy Makes Music That Sounds Like Memory
The new album from the London rapper, singer and producer is a homage to the last two decades of Black British music.
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Jewel Thais-Williams, Whose Nightclub Celebrated ‘Queer Black Joy,’ Dies at 86
Catch One, which she opened in Los Angeles in 1973 in the face of local animosity, became a glittering sanctuary for a largely shunned community.