Cynthia Erivo’s new role as Jesus at the Hollywood Bowl’s “Jesus Christ Superstar” has some Black folks online in shambles. Clips of her performance went viral over the weekend, and now, the Black ...
A stained-glass window that was part of a church shows a dark-skinned Jesus, which was unusual at the time. Michel M. Raguin Virginia Raguin, College of the Holy Cross A stained-glass window, donated ...
As the global conversation on race, faith, and representation deepens, a bold question is emerging from both pews and pulpits alike: Was Jesus Black? And in a Church that boasts over 1.3 billion ...
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The window was found in 2022 by the new owner of the church which housed it. Henry Sharp Studio, Jesus with dark skin in a window for St. Mark's Church in Warren, Rhode Island (1877). You can see the ...
Just like history, comedy sometimes repeats itself — but in the case of History of the World, Part II we're not complaining. The long-awaited sequel to Mel Brooks's 1981 sketch comedy favorite ends ...
The family of the artist who created the mural are fighting to see if the artwork can be salvaged. A Detroit community refuses to say goodbye to a historic mural of Black Jesus as the long-time ...
They called her revelatory, even legendary. They marveled at her voice and her power. The harshest critics were gentle, only wondering if the star of “Jesus Christ Superstar” could have hit an even ...