Culture
Where To Watch ‘No Other Land,’ The Best Documentary Oscar Winner. By Dan Aulbach / Today
Nickel Boys Ending Explained: What Happens To Turner & Elwood. By Robert Pitman / ScreenRant
Caribbean Matters: A tribute to Harry Belafonte’s activism. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Examining Nat King Cole’s Legacy Through The Lens Of Civil Rights. By Donna M. Cox / NewsOne
Author Ibram X. Kendi on DEI, America’s ‘progression of racism’ and his new book on Malcolm X. By John Blake / CNN
Percival Everett Is Challenging the American Literary Canon. By Eliana Dockterman / Time
Bruno Mars Is Pop’s Most Reliable Male Star. Who Is He, Really? By Shaad D’Souza / NYT
Black gospel music preserved in world’s largest digital archive. By Molly-Jo Tilton / NPR
To filmmaker Dawn Porter, the “Eyes on the Prize” message is plain: “We cannot wait for the savior.” By Melanie McFarland / Salon
Nikki Giovanni On History, Banned Books And Joy In Resistance. By Kirsten West Savali / NewsOne
Roberta Flack, Virtuoso Singer-Pianist Who Ruled the Charts, Dies at 88. By Giovanni Russonello / NYT
Alvin F. Poussaint, Pioneering Expert on Black Mental Health, Dies at 90. By Clay Risen / NYT
Soul Singer Jerry Butler Dies At 85. By Hillel Italie / HuffPost
Oscars 2025: Where to Stream These Black-Nominated Actors Now. By Mahalia Otshudy / The Root
Kevin Young on James Baldwin’s “Letter from a Region in My Mind.” By Kevin Young / The New Yorker
Amid the throngs at the ‘Blacksonian:’ They can handle the truth. By Robin Givhan / Wash Post
The Women Who Are Reinventing R&B. By Adam Bradley / NYT
Who Inherited James Brown’s Wealth? By Finance Monthly
A Great James Earl Jones Role That Can Finally Be Seen. By Ben Kenigsberg / NYT
Captain America is Black. Here’s why it matters. By Kelley L. Carter / Andscape
Shonda Rhimes, Issa Rae have cut ties with the Kennedy Center now that Trump is chair. By Ayana Archie / NPR
The Truth About Black Responsibility In Hollywood. By Candice Frederick / HuffPost
Kendrick Lamar’s performance was as Black and subversive as all get-out. By Karen Attiah / Wash Post
The ‘First Negro Novelist’ Saw the South Clearly. By Kerri K. Greenidge / NYT
If this love affair didn’t happen, the Harlem Renaissance may not have ever occurred. By Kay Wicker / The Grio
Denzel Washington Has Finally Found His Purpose (It’s Not Acting). By David Marchese / NYT
