Culture
Black Music Sunday: Let’s celebrate Justice Sotomayor’s birthday with some New York City salsa. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Queen Latifah, Dionne Warwick chosen for Kennedy Center Honors. By AP and Andscape
Tyler Perry Reportedly Objects to $3B Asking Price For BET. By Ny MaGee / Eurweb News
Killer Mike’s new album Michael: the rapper’s strange journey. By Jack Hamilton / Slate
Pharrell Williams, Louis Vuitton’s New Don. By Jon Caramanica / NYT
For Black Debutantes in Detroit, Cotillion Is More Than a Ball. By Miranda Barnes and Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff / NYT
The Blackening’ Review: Race Against a Killer. By Lisa Kennedy / NYT
Black Music Sunday: Celebrating Horace Silver and ‘Song For My Father.’ By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Black Music Sunday: Celebrating talented Tony award-winning sistahs. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Taylor Swift Vs. Beyoncé: How These Super Stars Stack Up Against One Another. By Justin Conklin / Forbes
Amanda Gorman’s Book Sales Soar Amid Florida Bans Of Her Work. By Rivea Ruff / Essence
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love New Orleans Jazz. By Giovanni Russonello / NYT
‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ stats show how representation works. By Manuela Lopez Restrepo / NPR
Jonathan Butler on his jazz album ‘Ubuntu.’ By Ayesha Rascoe / NPR
Greta Lee of ‘Past Lives’ says truthful storytelling means not serving the white male gaze. By Kimmy Yam / NBC News
Black Music Sunday: Kicking off Black Music Month with Oliver Nelson. By Demise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Bill Cosby is facing a new sexual assault lawsuit. By Manuel Roig-Franzia / Wash Post
From its birth 50 years ago, hip-hop has spread throughout Europe and challenged outdated ideals of racial and ethnic identity. By Armin Langer / The Conversation
Abbott signs into law CROWN Act banning race-based hair discrimination. By Alejandro Serrano / The Texas Tribune
Black Military Movies You Should Watch This Memorial Day. By Noah A. McGee / The Root
Tina Turner, Magnetic Singer of Explosive Power, Is Dead at 83. By William Grimes / NYT
Why We Can Imagine Singing Fish, But Not Black Mermaids. By Arianna Coghill and Sam Van Pykeren / Mother Jones
Spike Lee on “Malcolm X” & How Hollywood Almost Prevented Landmark Film from Being Made. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
The Cultural Legacy Behind ‘Blaxit’ — And How It Informed Our Choice to Leave The U.S. By Imani Bashir / HuffPost
The First 10 Words of the African American English Dictionary Are In. By Sandra E. Garcia / NYT
A Florida School Has Banned the Poem Read at Biden’s Inauguration. By Tori Otten / The New Republic
