Kwame Braithwaite was an early champion of the “Black is Beautiful” movement. Beginning in the late 1950s, his photography, organizing and promoting helped create momentum for the slogan which ...

Lecture by Chakaia Booker Thurs April 14, Seattle Art Museum, 7 pm, $5-$10. Chakaia Booker is a black American sculptor whose primary media is the rubber of discarded tires.

Photographer Kwame Brathwaite, who helped popularize the "Black is Beautiful" movement of the 1960s, has died. From Nelson Mandela to Muhammad Ali and the so-called Grandassa Models, Brathwaite's ...

Kwame Brathwaite documented burgeoning black art and political movements in New York – most notably, the “Black is Beautiful” movement that encouraged black people to accept and celebrate ...

And black entrepreneurs also continue to be inspired by the Black is Beautiful movement. Last year, Rihanna cited Kwame as an inspiration for the first collection of her luxury brand Fenty.

Black Is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite. Through Jan. 15, at the New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, Manhattan; ... The Best Art Shows of 2025: ...

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.

That phrase, “Black Is Beautiful” comes out of the consciousness raising of the ’60s, a way to express self-love and identity in the face of a barrage of external and internalized racism ...

Beyoncé’s Black Is King is finally available on Disney Plus, after weeks of anticipation, and it delivered what we needed — a bright spot in the midst of dark times. The 90-minute film is a ...

Kwame Brathwaite documented burgeoning black art and political movements in New York – most notably, the “Black is Beautiful” movement that encouraged black people to accept and celebrate ...