Culture
Jazz’s Hancock Competition Returns, Crowning an Electrifying Rising Star. By Giovanni Russonello / NYT
How Jesmyn Ward Is Reimagining Southern Literature. By Imani Perry / NYT
‘The Burial’ Review: A Mississippi Courtroom Drama. By Glenn Kenny / NYT
How Racism Doomed Kim Novak and Sammy Davis Jr.’s Relationship in 1950s: ‘I Was Told Not to See Him.’ By Eric Andersson / People
Rudolph Isley, Founding Member Of Isley Brothers, Dies At 84. By AP and HuffPost
Black Music Sunday: Celebrating Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and the birth of Afrobeat. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
A shared resting place for Pharoah Sanders. By Harmony Holiday / NPR
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
