Culture
Kendrick Lamar Makes His Point Clearer. By Spencer Kornhaber / The Atlantic
Percival Everett, Author of ‘James,’ Wins National Book Award for Fiction. By Alexandra Alter /NYT
Denzel Washington commands ancient Rome and movie theaters with ‘Gladiator II.’ By Ronda Racha Penrice / NBC News
Everything to Know About the Wicked Musical Movie Adaptation. By James Grebey / NBC Insider
Beyonce, American Requiem, and Reclaiming Genre. By Elizabeth Gonzalez / AAIHS
Malcolm X, MLK, and the Call for a Cultural Revolution. By M. Keith Claybrook, Jr. / AAIHS
Jon Batiste Can’t Stop Thinking About Beethoven. By Javier C. Hernández / NYT
Erykah Badu likes chasing unreachable goals. Here’s why. By Rachel Martin / NPR
This American couple moved to Costa Rica. Then they found a Central American country they liked even better. By Marnie Hunter / CNN
How Music and Art Have Helped Black Americans Weather Troubling Times. By Brandon Tensley / Capital B
Most US book bans target children’s literature featuring diverse characters and authors of color. By Katherine Spoon and Isabelle Langrock / The Conversation
The Curious Case of ‘Naughty Little Nora,’ a Jazz Age Shape Shifter. By Samantha Ege / NYT
Jazz Sax Great Lou Donaldson Dead At 98. By AP and HuffPost
Yale introduces class on Beyoncé’s political and cultural impact. By Angela Yang / NBC News
Revisiting the Harlem Renaissance. By Veronica Chambers / NYT
Judith Jamison, Alvin Ailey Dancer of ‘Power and Radiance,’ Dies at 81. By Brian Seibert / NYT
Today’s Black youths need the kind of inspiration I had growing up. By Alvin C. Bernstine / Wash Post
Quincy Jones, musical innovator and impresario, dies at 91.
Gospel great Cissy Houston has died at the age of 91. By Brandon Gates / NPR
Otis Redding gets a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Trump Thinks Harris’s Sisterhood Is a ‘Sorority Party.’ He Should Think Again. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
‘Good Times’ Star John Amos Died 6 Weeks Ago, His Son Reveals. By Amanda Bell / Tvinsider
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs hit with a wave of 120 new sexual assault allegations. By Chloe Melas and Antonio Planas / NBC News
Luther Vandross, Pop Perfectionist, Didn’t Want You to Hear These Albums. By Ross Scarano / NYT
Nixon Fought a War on Drugs He Knew Was Unjust. By Brent Staples / NYT
Benny Golson, jazz saxophonist and composer of surpassing grace, dies at 95. By matt Schudel / Wash Post
