A nearly 150-year-old stained-glass church window that depicts a dark-skinned Jesus Christ interacting with women in New Testament scenes has stirred up questions about race.

Stained glass, with its vibrant hues and intricate designs, has been a storytelling medium for centuries. Beyond its decorative appeal, each colour, shape and motif carries deep symbolic meaning, ...

A stained-glass window from a shuttered Rhode Island church depicting Jesus as dark-skinned is stirring up fresh scrutiny of the role of race and gender in 19th-century New England.

The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art will take in a nearly 150-year-old stained-glass church window of a dark-skinned Jesus Christ.

In Rhode Island, a stained-glass window shows Christ as a man of color Scholars think the window, commissioned in 1877, could be the first of its kind. ‘It should stand as a landmark in American ...

A nearly 150-year-old stained-glass church window in Rhode Island that depicts a dark-skinned Jesus Christ finds a new home in Tennessee.

— A nearly 150-year-old stained-glass church window that depicts a dark-skinned Jesus Christ interacting with women in New Testament scenes has stirred up questions about race, Rhode Island’s ...

History Stained glass window shows Jesus Christ with dark skin, stirring questions about race in New England “This window is unique and highly unusual,” said Virginia Raguin, a professor of ...

The window, installed at the St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Warren in 1878, depicts two biblical passages in which women, also painted with dark skin, appear as equals to Christ.

A nearly 150-year-old stained-glass church window showing a dark-skinned Jesus Christ interacting with women has been rediscovered in a Rhode Island church. The artwork is stirring questions about … ...

A nearly 150-year-old stained-glass church window showing a dark-skinned Jesus Christ interacting with women has been rediscovered in a Rhode Island church.