Culture
Review: ‘Color,’ by Countee Cullen. / NYT Archives
The Harder They Fall’s Idris Elba on Crafting His Scariest Villain Yet. By David Canfield / Vanity Fair
Celebrating Dizzy Gillespie, who put the bop into bebop. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
The Secret Toll of Racial Ambiguity. By Alexandra Kleeman / NYT
Poetry is experiencing a new golden age, with young writers of color taking the lead. By Leah Asmelash / CNN
Roll over, Beethoven: Chuck Berry’s in the house. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Everything to know about Netflix’s Dave Chappelle problem. By Martine Paris / Fortune
‘Insecure’ Broke Ground by Embracing Imperfection. By Salamishah Tillet / NYT
Tanzanian Novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah Awarded Nobel Prize In Literature for ‘Uncompromising’ Novels on the Impact of Colonialism. By Angelina Valesquez / Atlanta Black Star
Rolling Stones Pulling Brown Sugar from Concerts for Lyrics on Slavery. By Vanessa Etienne / People
‘We’re talking about a big, powerful phenomenon’: Multiracial Americans drive change. By Silvia Foster-Frau, Ted Mellnik, and Adrian Blanco / Wash Post
Fisk’s Jubilee Singers celebrate 150 years of American tradition. By Esohe Osabuohien / NBC News
Philadelphia poet Sonia Sanchez wins Gish Prize. by Erin McCarthy / The Philadelphia Inquirer
Dave Chappelle refuses to evolve. By Justin Tinsley / The Undefeated
John Coltrane’s ‘A Love Supreme’ Lives On. By David A. Graham / The Atlantic
Jubilee: Can HBCU Publications Revamp Education? By Rochelle Spencer and DeLisa Harris / AAIHS
Review: Dave Chappelle’s ‘The Closer’ Netflix Comedy Review. By Craig Jenkins / New York Magazine
Latinos own and disown ‘Hispanic’ in journey to harness identity. By Nicole Acevedo and Isa Gutierrez / NBC News
What Ken Burns’ Muhammad Ali Doc Misses About the Nation of Islam. By Roger House / The Daily Beast
In Oak Bluffs, Strangers Become Family. By J. Nailah Avery / NYT
My grandmother left South Carolina during Jim Crow. My trip there taught me about her — and me. By Laylah Amatullah Barrayn / The Lily
‘Dear White People’ creator says racism’s ‘evergreen’ presence keeps series relevant. By Lamar Dawson / NBC News
Monument honoring abolition of slavery unveiled in Virginia. By Christopher Brito / CBS News
National Cathedral replacing Confederate glass with racial justice imagery. By LI Cohen / CBS News
Woodie King Jr. finally gets a Tony Award for bringing color to the stage. By Jeremy Gerard / The Undefeated
Melvin Van Peebles wrote the do-it-yourself playbook for Black filmmakers. By Will Haygood / Wash Post
