IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Clementine Hunter’s Black Jesus is ...

The late Rev. James Cone, known as the father of Black liberation theology, stated in his book God of the Oppressed that God is Black. "Christ is black, therefore, not because of some cultural or ...

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 ...

(The Conversation) — A stained-glass window, which shows Jesus as a Black man for the first time, tells a story not only of race but of gender, class and ethnicity. (The Conversation) — A ...

Growing up in southern Black megachurch culture in Atlanta, GA, identical twins and filmmakers Adamma and Adanne Ebo saw both the beauty and the messiness within the complex community — enough to ...

If you’ve spent any considerable length of time in a traditional Black church context, you’ve heard this. It’s usually said by a preacher when they know a sermon is hitting a little too close to home ...

"The buildings come and the buildings go but our community of faith and holiness continues," the Rev. Theodore Parker said.

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 ...