The Creative Theory Agency documented the rebuilding of St. James AME Church in Mayfield, Kentucky, which was severely damaged by a tornado in 2021. This mural by Helen LaFrance survived the storm, ...

Playing spades under the smooth, lifting flow of old-school R&B, the air thick with the warm embrace of soul food’s aroma, feels like the perfect low-key New Year’s Eve. Yet it’s more than just a ...

When Oklahoma City residents were asked how to revive two buildings that once served Black residents, they weren’t short on ideas. They asked if the former home of a Black entrepreneur became a ...

After a long battle with their landlord, several former residents of Fairburn & Gordon said they have found better housing and are glad they took a stand.

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Writer and scholar Alexis Pauline Gumbs makes greens almost every day: chard, kale and — this time of the year — heaping pots of vegan collard greens. Gumbs, author of the recent Audre Lorde biography ...

Few people know that a Black inventor named Lewis Latimer worked with Thomas Edison and played a role in improving the light bulb. Latimer co-created “a method of manufacturing carbon filaments for ...

Cowpea is the common name for the legumes known to botanists by the scientific name Vigna unguiculata. But they’re also ...

As 2024 comes to a close, Capital B is reflecting on some of the stories that resonated most with readers and our staff. These stories published this year highlight the brilliance, strength, and ...