Culture
Black Music (Super Bowl) Sunday: Prince was awesome in the rain, but don’t forget these Black bands. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
‘Till’ actress Danielle Deadwyler attributes her Oscars snub to ‘misogynoir.’ By Harmeet Kaur / CNN
A Poem by Cortney Lamar Charleston: ‘It’s Important I Remember That Nina Simone Wrote ‘Mississippi Godam’ in Less Than One Hour. By Courtney Lamar Charleston / The Atlantic
Viola Davis Just Became An EGOT Winner. By Taryn Finley / HuffPost
Beyoncé Makes History at a Star-Powered Grammy Ceremony. By Ben Sisario / NYT
How We Construct and Reconstruct Race. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
Poetry finally has its own Grammy category – mostly thanks to J. Ivy, nominee. By Mandalit Del Barco / NPR
For Black women, hair is tied up with culture, identity and much more. By Alesia I. Redding / South Bend Tribune
Samara Joy Is Bringing 21st Century Flair to Classic Jazz Standards. By Thania Garcia / Variety
Michael Jackson’s nephew Jaafar Jackson to play him in biopic. By Kelsey Ables / Wash Post
Ojeda Penn, 79, Atlanta jazz musician, dies in accident.
He Quit Singing Because of Body Shaming. Now He’s Making a Comeback. By Javier C. Hernandez / NYT
The Sound of Sonny. By Ben Ratliff / NYT
The Poetry of a Prison Uprising. By Elias Rodriques / Dissent Magazine
2023 Oscar noms exclude acclaimed films by and about Black people. By Michelle Garcia / NBC News
You People’: A master class in race relations, delivered as comedy. By Michael O’Sullivan / Wash Post
The Controversy Over Boston’s ‘Embrace’ Memorial to MLK. By Diana Budds / New York Magazine.
Black Music Sunday: Celebrating Sam Cooke’s legacy on his birthday. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
How Earth, Wind and fire Became Symbols of Black Emancipation. By William Kennedy / Grunge
Arthur Duncan, Barrier-Breaking Tap Dancer, Is Dead at 97. By Richard Sandomir / NYT
James Weldon Johnson, Langston Hughes, and the Ever-Deferred Dream. By Amy Kittelstrom / AAIHS
The Evolution of Quinta Brunson. By Amira Castilla / The Root
What makes that song swing? At last, physicists unravel a jazz mystery. By Maria Godoy / NPR
Black Music Sunday: Celebrating and honoring the memory of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Black Golden Globes winners bring ‘Black Girl Magic’ and more to the awards show. By Nicole Acevedo / NBC News
A monument to MLK and Coretta Scott King’s love. By Nancy Giles / CBS News
