"Queen Esther’s fourth studio album Gild The Black Lily highlights the gift of being an African-American woman willing to make daring, reclamation-driven musical navigations into unexpected sonic ...

Especially since many have adopted Queen Elizabeth's "never complain ... that helped secure the career she has today. Esther became the first Black model in France and has since worked with ...

Queen Esther, the story’s heroine, wields a form of power that is often hard to recognize. Esther’s power, at once demure and mighty, manifests as sacred vulnerability. Characterized by ...

And prominent Black pastors have used her story to ... The king, who is angry at his wife, picks Esther as his new queen. But she does not reveal she is Jewish. When the king issues an edict ...