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In 1877, a stained-glass window depicted Jesus as Black for the first time − a scholar of visual images unpacks its history and significance

  • Written by Virginia Raguin, Distinguished Professor of Humanities Emerita, Visual Arts, College of the Holy Cross
In 1877, a stained-glass window depicted Jesus as Black for the first time − a scholar of visual images unpacks its history and significanceA stained-glass window that was part of a church shows a dark-skinned Jesus, which was unusual at the time.Michel M. Raguin

A stained-glass window, donated in 1877 to a church in Rhode Island, shows Jesus as a dark-skinned man. Most Western depictions portrayed him as a European, with light skin and sometimes even with blue eyes. A Black Jesus at...

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