Culture
‘Opera Has Never Been White’: The Invisible Legacy of Black Women in Classical Music. By Mariel Padilla / The 19th and Capital B
There Is Something Putin Can’t Control. By Joy Neumeyer / NYT
CBS is developing its first Black daytime soap opera in 35 years. By Jonathan Franklin / NPR
Black Music Sunday: Celebrating Muslim jazz musicians as Ramadan begins. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
How Black artists helped make country music what it is today. By Santi Elijah Holley / National Geographic
UCLA Hollywood report shows audiences want diverse films. By Andrew Limbong / NPR
The blank spaces in Relisha Rudd’s story are the most horrifying. By Colbert L. King / Wash Post
Texas insists on discriminating against Black hair. By Karen Attiah / Wash Post
Black historical interpreters fight to keep history alive as some work to erase it. By Donna M. Owens / NBC News
The Essential James Baldwin. By Robert Jones Jr. / NYT
Jeffrey Wright is finally in the Oscar hunt. He’s ready. By Ann Hornaday / Wash Post
Hustlers, grifters and greed: How Jam Master Jay met his tragic end. By Rich Schapiro / NBC News
Beyoncé brings new audience to country music and highlights the genre’s Black roots. By Amna Nawaz, Mary Fecteau and Layla Quran / PBS
At Dance Theater of Harlem, a New Lease on History and Ballet. by Gia Kourias / NYT
Ray Francis, Celebrating Blackness. By Blake Gopnik / NYT
Harry Belafonte Memorial: Public Celebration Details Announced. Editor At NewsOne
James Brown’s Daughters Reveal Who The Godfather Of Soul Really Was: He ‘Was Daddy.’ By Felice Leon / Business Insider
Beyoncé Is The First Black Woman With A No. 1 Country Song — And It’s About Time. By Curtis M. Wong / HuffPost
What Happened To Rita Marley After Bob Marley: One Love. By Lynn Sharpe / Screen Rant
With ‘Gems’ From Black Collections, the Harlem Renaissance Reappears. By Aruna D’Souza / NYT
The Missing Piece of the Bob Marley Biopic. By Hannah Giorgis / The Atlantic
National Black Movie Day is a celebration — and a call for action. By Curtis Bunn / NBC News
Allow Beyoncé To Remind You Where Country Really Came From. By Ruth Etiesit Samuel / HuffPost
New ‘Peanuts’ special will finally let Franklin sit by White friends. By Samantha Chery / Wash Post
Tyler Perry inks first-look TV deal with Netflix. By The Grio Staff
Beyoncé’s new country songs salute the genre’s Black cultural roots. By Janay Kingsberry / Wash Post
Usher’s Halftime Show Could Be the Best in History. By Emily Ferguson / Dallas Observer
Watch: The first ‘Negro Kiss’ on film and its impact in ‘Keeping Black History Alive.’ By The Grio Staff
Usher Drops New Album 48 Hours Before Super Bowl, Says His Halftime Show Is “My Residency on Steroids.” By Kia D. Goosby / Vanity Fair
Jay-Z’s Grammys speech and Beyonce’s snubs call out a deeper problem. By Li Zhou / Vox
