Culture
Chris Rock and Steven Spielberg to collaborate on Martin Luther King Jr. biopic. By Variety / NBC News
Spike Lee has power. He’s still fighting it. By Yada Yuan / Wash Post
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Sarah Vaughan. By Giovanni Russonello / NYT
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes – About the documentary / American Masters.
Rap duo Armand Hammer wants to expose the lie of the American Dream. By Jason Buford / Wash Post
Beyoncé’s journey to mastery. By Thembisa S. Mshaka / Andscape
Black Music Sunday: ‘Someday We’ll All Be Free’—Remembering Donny Hathaway on his birthday. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Film academy replaces Hattie McDaniel’s long-lost Oscar. By The AP and Andscape
A legal battle in Texas over a Black student’s hairstyle has renewed calls for a national CROWN Act. Here is what that means. By Chandelis Duster
Smithsonian’s Latino Museum Faces Political Winds Before a Brick Is Laid. By Jennifer Schuessler / NYT
Black Music Sunday: Let’s talk about ‘articulate’ and the caucacity of Jann Wenner. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Youngkin asks Virginia Military Institute to take Confederate memorial that includes ‘highly sanitized depictions of slavery.’ By Tyler Englander / WAVY
No Pen, No Pad’: The Unlikely Way Rap Is Written Today. By Joe Coscarelli and Noah Throop / NYT
Unforgettable: The Sad Day In 1965 That We Lost Nat King Cole. By Paul Sexton / Discover Music
Hip-Hop Is The Music Of Vinyl Librarians. By Dan Charmas / NYT
Media Mogul Byron Allen Places $10B Offer For Disney Networks Including ABC And FX, Report Says. By Ngozi Nwanji / Afrotech
How a Culture War Over Race Engulfed a School District. By James Ross Gardne / The New Yorker
Inside Ava DuVernay’s ‘Origin’, a Global Investigation With a Personal Touch. By Rebecca Ford / Vanity Fair
Black Music Sunday: Let’s vibe with Roy Ayers on his 83rd birthday. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
When Dinah Washington married her seventh husband, she finally found happiness. Sadly, her bliss ended in utter tragedy. By Factinate
Why dream hampton Won’t Give Up on Hip-Hop. By Spencer Kornhaber / The Atlantic
Bill Cosby & His Wife Learn To Move Forward Despite Their Struggles. By Simon Saunders / Family This
Little Richard documentary filmmaker talks capturing the joy and pain that was his life. By Lisa Respers France / CNN
The Enduring Meaning Behind Marvin Gaye’s Signature Hit “What’s Going On?.” By Melody Russell / American Song Writer
Asian characters with speaking roles in Hollywood jumped dramatically over the last 15 years. By Sakshi Venkatraman / NBC News
The Met Announces Harlem Renaissance Exhibition for 2024. By Zachary Small / NYT
