In 1888, Brazil, with a mostly black and mixed race or mulatto population, was the last country in the Western Hemisphere to abolish slavery. During more than 300 years of slavery in the Americas, it was the largest importer of African slaves, bringing...

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The Geometry of Hope: Latin Abstract Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection, an exhibition at N.Y.U.’s Grey Art Gallery, poses two interesting questions: What characteristics identify art as provincial? And what does hope have to do with making art? Organized by the Blanton...

Last week, Senator Barack Obama visited Alabama where, according to The Birmingham News, his $25-per-head speech at the Sheraton in Birmingham was attended by a "large, diverse and enthusiastic crowd." The candidate is reported to have left the state with an additional $100,000 for his...

“The definitions of race and ethnicity have rarely been more fluid, the promise greater, the possible perils more pronounced.—Newsweek, September 18, 2000 Satra Wasserman faced more than the usual difficulties as a child growing up in New...

Interracial romance has been a point of contention in America since the first English settlers established colonies in the seventeenth century. In 1664 Maryland banned interracial marriage due to questions over whether the offspring of a black slave and...