Culture
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
The Influence Of Black Culture On The 2024 Election. By NewsOne Staff / NewsOne
Why Earth, Wind & Fire’s ‘September’ sustains. By Dan Charnas / NPR
What the landmark ‘1619 Project’ taught Nikole Hannah-Jones. By TyLisa Johnson / Poynter
Taking Frantz Fanon at His Word. By Sazi Bongwe / The Nation
Frankie Beverly obituary. By Adam Sweeting / The Guardian
Tito Jackson, member of the Jackson 5, has died at 70, his sons say. By AP and Aol.com
How a Cultural Shift Favors Harris. By David Brooks / NYT
Frankie Beverly, R&B and funk legend, dies at 77. By Sidney Madden / NPR
Caribbean Matters: Honoring Afro-Latinos during Hispanic Heritage Month. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Kendrick Lamar drops first song since ‘Not Like Us.’ By Daysia Tolentino / NBC News
James Earl Jones, Whose Powerful Acting Resonated Onstage and Onscreen, Dies at 93. By Robert D. McFadden / NYT
Overlooked No More: Gwendolyn B. Bennett, Harlem Renaissance Star Plagued by Misfortune. By Dan Saltzstein / NYT
Beyoncé Receives ZERO Nominations For Country Music Association Awards Despite No. 1 Country Album. by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton / Black Enterprise
Trump campaign ordered to stop using Isaac Hayes song at rallies after family sues. By Tesfaye Negussie / ABC News
‘The Brother From Another Planet,’ Kamala Harris And The Fallacy Of Post-Racialism. By Candice Frederick / HuffPost
The Prince We Never Knew. By Sasha Weiss / NYT
Black Music Sunday: Let’s welcome September with song. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
