Walking into New York Comic Con is a Black nerd’s dream. You wade through a sea of people decked out as everything under the sun, from comic book heroes to anime characters, from the Power Rangers to ...

In part 3 of The Root’s video series on Afrofuturism, we get inside the creative mind of John Jennings, a professor of graphic design at the University at Buffalo, as well as an award-winning ...

A new exhibit of costumes helps kids understand that clothing is more than fabric. “It’s a tool for storytelling, self-expression, and shaping the future,” says designer Ruth E. Carter. Much of Carter ...

For fans of sci-fi, fantasy and comic books, characters and narratives provide more than just entertainment; they offer a sense of belonging, identity and often an escape from reality. However, for ...

David Huffman, “MLK” (all images courtesy Studio Museum in Harlem) When you walk into the main gallery of the Studio Museum in Harlem’s current exhibition The Shadows Took Shape, which explores ...

The National Museum of African American History and Culture will open a new exhibit called “Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures.” The exhibit — to be located in the museum’s Bank of America ...