The “Risen Christ Mural” that adorns the ceiling of Quinn A.M.E. Church on the Near South Side was painted by a church member named Proctor Chisholm in 1904.

And that is why Jesus is Black. His identity incorporates Black people as his own. He thereby identifies with them. As they are, he is. Christ the Lord of heaven and earth is Black. Cone’s claim is ...

One of Britain’s oldest churches is paying tribute to the Black Lives Matter movement by installing a version of Leonardo Da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” with Jesus recast as a… ...

In 2018, however, audiences have embraced “Black Panther” and “Empire;” if there was ever a time to put a black Jesus on broadcast television and not cause every Fox News Channel host to ...

In 1971, Broadway offered an awe-inspiring production of “Jesus Christ Superstar” that wowed audiences and theater critics. The Paramount Theatre hopes to do the same thing with its all-black ...

In a controversial new film opening Friday, he is black. “Color of the Cross” tells a traditional story, focusing on the last 48 hours of Christ’s life as told in the Gospels.

By portraying Jesus as a black African, Dornford-May hopes to sharpen the political context of the gospels, when Israel was under Roman occupation, and challenge Western perceptions of Christ as ...