At the beach, 1930s; Ten Speed Press/Penguin Random House By Erica R. Williams ·Updated February 23, 2023
Renata Cherlise is committed to telling Black stories.
Inspired by Black joy, past, present, and future, the multidisciplinary visual artist uses her love of photography to illustrate the stories that encompass the African-American experience. In 2015, she launched Black Archives, a multimedia platform that has amassed hundreds of thousands of followers who
