Culture
‘Kind of Blue’ at 65: Miles Davis Kind of Blew It With His ‘Greatest Ever’ Jazz Album. By Colin Fleming / The Daily Beast
7 Times Black Music Was Code For Freedom: The Evolution Of Black Revolutionary Music. By Matthew C. Allen / Newsone
The Visions of Alice Coltrane. By Marcus J. Moore / The Nation
Beyoncé Among Big Celebs Rumored to Boost Kamala Harris at DNC. By Mary Ann Akers and Matt Wilstein / Daily Beast
Women Of Color Face An ‘Epidemic Of Invisibility’ On Screen — And It’s Not Getting Any Better. By Marina Fang / HuffPost
Reflections on James Baldwin 100 years after his birth. By Wallter Ray Watson / NPR
White House chef, first woman and person of color in role, retires after nearly 30 years. By AP and NBC News
15 Black authors whose books you need to read. By the Grio
James Baldwin taught us that identities can help us to locate ourselves. But they trap us too. By Kenan Malik / The Guardian
‘Two American Families’ Is a Knockout Documentary. By Margaret Lyons / NYT
‘Homicide: Life on the Street’ Will Finally Be Available to Stream. By Maya Salam / NYT
New James Baldwin Art Exhibit Emphasizes His Love For Community. By Phillip Lewis / HuffPost
Duke Fakir, Last Surviving Member of the Four Tops, Dies at 88. By Jim Farber / NYT
Henry Louis Gates Jr. Is in ‘Shock’ Over Finding Your Roots’ Emmy Nod: ‘I Thought I Was Hallucinating.’ By JP Mangakindan / People
When Is a Stand-Up Special Like ‘The Wire’? When Ali Siddiq Is Onstage. By Jason Zinoman / NYT
Decades after Billie Holiday’s death, ‘Strange Fruit’ is still a searing testament to injustice – and of faithful solidarity with suffering. By Tracy Fessenden / The Conversation
Jazz pianist Kirk Lightsey found respect in Paris that was missing in the United States. By William C. Rhoden / Andscape
Zora Neale Hurston’s New, Posthumous Novel: What We Know So Far About The Bible-Tinged ‘The Life Of Herod The Great.’ By Tomas Kassahun / Blavity
