HBO's Gilded Age transforms period drama by exploring Black aristocracy in 1880s America through complex characters and authentic historical storytelling.

HBO's period piece drama 'The Gilded Age' has been increasing the complexity of its depictions of the Black aristocracy in ...

AFRICAN AMERICANS. Cleveland's African American community is almost as old as the city itself. GEORGE PEAKE, the first Black settler, arrived in 1809 and by 1860 there were 799 Black people living in ...