Photographer Kwame Brathwaite in a 1964 self-portrait. While based out of his Harlem studio, he helped popularize the “Black Is Beautiful” movement in the 1960s. (The Kwame Brathwaite Archive ...

Kwame Brathwaite spent some six decades chronicling Black life, culture and activism. He's credited with helping found the "Black is Beautiful" movement.

In the photograph, a Black woman with an afro is placed against a black-gray background, in sharp relief against the diffuse light that illuminates her face.

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The adroit advertising from the 1960s – “Black is Beautiful”– helped Guinness cross firmly from cultural émigré to Nigerian indigene decades ago.

Did you know that the Black is Beautiful movement of the 60s was inspired by the revolutionary aesthetic of a man -- two brothers to be specific? This week's throwback thought aims to unpack the ...

"Something Beautiful" singer Miley Cyrus signed autographs and posed for pictures in a sheer black dress that had the internet buzzing.

However his most profound impact was in the realm of fashion. Through a series of groundbreaking fashion shows and photo shoots in the 1960s, Braithwaite popularized the expression Black is Beautiful.

Black is Beautiful Black is beautiful: DJ, author, podcaster, realtor Julie Davidson You can hear her voice on the radio and her podcast, but here we get to find out more about the life and ...

Over 40 large-scale color and black-and-white photographs in the exhibition document how Kwame Brathwaite helped change America's cultural and political landscape by combining art, music and politics.

“It’s the original Black Lives Matter," says executive producer Questlove of the title song of the new A&E documentary "James Brown: Say It Loud," which traces how the R&B legend became Soul ...

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