Did you know that the Black is Beautiful movement of the 60s was inspired by the revolutionary aesthetic of a man -- two brothers to be specific? This week's throwback thought aims to unpack the ...

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 ...

One luxury toilet paper company is being accused of racism for using a popular slogan, known to uplift African-Americans, as a part of its marketing. »RELATED: Georgia teacher uses racial slur in ...

More than 1,000 breweries in all 50 states and 21 countries have signed up to produce “Black is Beautiful” beer in collaboration with Weathered Souls, which began the initiative.

Black is Beautiful went on to become the backdrop of the burgeoning Black Arts movement of the mid-1960s; it has been described as the visual force driving the Black Power movement into the ’70s.

“Black is Beautiful” came out of the Black Power movement. But it quickly permeated the American cultural mainstream in the adoption of the Afro hairstyle and Afro-centric fashion. Blackness ...

Harlem, ca. 1966; from Kwame Brathwaite: Black Is Beautiful (Aperture, 2019). Courtesy the artist and Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles. Kwame Brathwaite.

Black Is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite. Through Jan. 15, at the New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, Manhattan; (212) 873-3400; nyhistory.org.

Courtney Servaes, owner of Servaes Brewing Company, is one of 10 brewery owners in the metro serving Black is Beautiful, a stout beer. “It’s really about celebrating diversity,” Servaes said.

Black is Beautiful, an influential initiative launched by Weathered Souls Brewing CO in 2020 in support of equality and social justice reform, is making a resounding comeback.

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 ...