Culture
Kendrick Lamar’s Year on Top. By Hanif Abdurraqib / The New Yorker
Samuel L. Jackson Is Approaching An Incredible Box Office Record. By Jack Walters / Screen Rant
58 Jazz Luminaries Assembled for This Photo. Only One Remains. By Hank Shteamer / NYT
Black Women Know the Real Truth about Glinda, Elphaba’s Relationship in Wicked And It’s Time Everyone Does Too. By Shanelle Genai / The Root
“Wicked” reminds us we’d all better be ready to defy gravity. Especially Black women. By Melanie McFarland / Salon
Black Music Sunday: A tribute to Lou Rawls’ talent and iconic telethon. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Wendy Williams is ‘cognitively impaired and permanently incapacitated,’ guardian says. By Marlene Lenthang / NBC News
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ case raises questions about the many observers who might have ignored his alleged crimes. By Zoe D. Peterson, Mary P. Koss and RaeAnn Anderson / The Conversation
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.
