#Art & Books

Credit: Colored Girls Museum Vashti Dubois is making #herstory with her Colored Girls Museum — located in her home in Germantown, Philadelphia. Curated by activist, artists, neighbors, thought leaders, hair dressers and more — the Colored Girls Museum distinguishes itself by exclusively collecting,

Instagram/Twitter A Chicago artist is under fire over a recently unveiled mural of Michelle Obama, which shows the former First Lady in the style of an Egyptian queen, in South Shore. The mural is located outside of Bouchet Elementary School — two blocks from the...  

Lawrence Lindell Artist Lawrence Lindell created “From Black Boy With Love,” a children’s book released this past March, to teach black boys to treat black girls with respect. The book contains 24 pages of illustrations of young boys beside uplifting messages of love to black...  

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Gabourey Sidibe is finally opening up about her weight loss journey, that includes having weight loss surgery last year. “My surgeon said they’d cut my stomach in half. This would limit my hunger and capacity to eat. My brain chemistry would change...  

Noëlle Santos is putting in hard work to open up the Bronx’s only book store. And has launched  a crowdfunding campaign via Indiegogo to open the The Lit. Bar. How did the Bronx end up without a bookstore? It happened after Barnes & Nobles shut down their...