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Swastika graffiti provokes neighborly outpouring of love and support in Portsmouth, N.H.

The targets included a synagogue, minority-owned businesses, and storefronts with rainbow flags, and victims say the vandalism conveyed anti-Jewish, anti-Black, and anti-LGBTQ sentiments. But the city refuses to tolerate such hatred.
NH ARTS

New Hampshire’s MacDowell artist retreat taps Chiwoniso Kaitano to lead

Kaitano is the former executive director of Girl Be Heard, a nongovernmental organization that uses theater and the performing arts to advocate for social change.

The Black history I carry with me is love: Hank Willis Thomas

Love is our past, present, and future. A Beautiful Resistance celebrates Black love in a discussion with the creator of "The Embrace."

The Black history I carry with me is love: Jonathan Allen and Derrick Young Jr.

A Beautiful Resistance celebrates Black love, as told to Jeneé Osterheldt.

UMass project honoring its Black history continues after death of founder John Bracey Jr.
The University of Massachusetts Amherst's Black Presence Project collects stories of Black students, faculty, and alumni to preserve and celebrate the history of Black life on campus.

More Black Rhode Islanders who shaped the state’s culinary history
Prince Updike, an enslaved African man in 18th century Rhode Island, was tasked with grinding cocoa beans finer than what could be done with mill stones.

A West African woman, once called the ‘pastry queen’ of Rhode Island, baked her way to freedom
Charity “Duchess” Quamino was an enslaved woman during the peak of northern slavery. While working for an affluent Newport family, she became known for her famous plum cakes.

R.I. filmmaker’s Tuskegee Airmen documentary returns to Italy, where fighter pilots were based
Visiting Ramitelli, “we could all feel the ‘ghosts’ who once flew from there and helped to alter a society’s views on who could achieve greatness and who was being kept from that opportunity because of their skin color,” Tim Gray said.

More Black History Month headlines

Globe Magazine

The Twitterverse had its say about ‘The Embrace.’ Here’s what real visitors think.

We spent a weekend interviewing visitors to the monument to the Kings. This is what people from Boston and beyond had to say.

Globe Magaizne

When Martin met Coretta in Boston, he found his match in more ways than one

From the beginning, Martin Luther King’s outlook and activism were informed by his wife, Coretta Scott King.

Globe Magazine

A legacy of love, faith, and family: Martin Luther King III and Arndrea Waters King

The love shared by Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King lives on through the family of their oldest son.

The beautiful resistance of Black love

Throughout Black History Month, A Beautiful Resistance celebrates Black love as told to Jeneé Osterheldt.

Boston must work to address its role in disparities, Wu says

“I have the chance to be surrounded by Black excellence, Black joy, Black brilliance, Black persistence, every single day here working for the city of Boston,” Wu said.

PERSPECTIVE

Breast-feeding and Black moms — why I’m breaking a generational cycle

Here’s what’s needed to help all Black moms who want to nurse their babies succeed at it.

DEVRA FIRST

Celebrate Black-owned restaurants in Boston and beyond

Here are more than 100 places to visit for steak frites and smoothies, sambusas and soul food, and so much more.

16 conversation-starting and joyful ways to celebrate Black History Month in Greater Boston

The month's events create an opportunity to learn about Black history and culture, especially through the work of past and contemporary Black artists.