Anna Wintour, Vogue editor-in-chief and brainchild of the Met Gala, chose to honor Black men in fashion. There's more to the theme than meets the eye.

Everyone knows names like Alfred Blalock and Christiaan Barnard—surgeons credited with pioneering life-saving heart procedures. But few know the vital roles played by Vivien Thomas, a Black lab ...

Edda Fields-Black wanted to make her historical account of a Union Army raid led by Harriet Tubman on southern plantations and rice fields as authentic as ...