Culture
Michael K. Williams died of accidental overdose, medical examiner says. By Sophie Reardon and Victoria Albert / CBS News
Afro-Latinas sing to the santos, the ancestors, and the culture. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Latinos are absent in newsrooms, Hollywood films, new govt. report finds. By AP and NBC News
Emmys So White: People of Color Shut Out Acting Categories. By Clayton Davis / Variety
Pauli Murray Should Be a Household Name. A New Film Shows Why. By Melena Ryzik / NYT
The Rich History of Black Westerns Enters a New Era. By Chris Vognar / NYT
She Changed Black Literature Forever. Then She Disappeared. By Imani Perry / NYT
‘Buena Vista Social Club’ at 25: Memories of Memories. By Isabelia Herrera, Jon Pareles and Giovanni Russonello / NYT
Meet the soul serenaders of September: Otis Redding, Barry White, Brook Benton, and Ray Charles. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Cynthia Erivo, up for an Emmy for playing Aretha Franklin, releases a stellar debut album. By Melissa Ruggieri / USA Today
We’re not calling out Nicki Minaj. We’re calling her in. By Oni Blackstock and Uché Blackstock / Wash Post
Lill Nas X’s “Montero” Is Sturdy and Sincere Pop. By Spencer Kornhaber / The Atlantic
After Shuttering for Almost Two Years, the Village Vanguard Reopens to Live Audiences. By Daniel King / Mother Jones
Separate But Not Equal: Racial Bias In Salon Culture. By Jill Di Donato / HuffPost
Anti-Communism and A Raisin in the Sun. By Denise Lynn / AAIHS
The Question Michael K. Williams Asked Me Before Every Season of ‘The Wire.’ By David Simon / NYT
Colson Whitehead on moving from Underground Railroad and Nickel Boys to Harlem Shuffle. By Laura Miller / Slate
Take a Look in the Mirror: The Horror of the New “Candyman” Is Complicity. By Edwin Rios / Mother Jones
Theme songs: Meet the Black music and musicians who serenade us from the small screen. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Michael K. Williams, Omar From ‘The Wire,’ Is Dead at 54. By Julia Jacobs, Annie Correal, Matthew Haag and Jeremy Egner / NYT
Fulton Leroy Washington Was a Prison Painter. Now He’s an Art-World Star. By Karlos K. Hill / The Nation
Asian Americans Are Finally Getting the Heroes We Deserve. By Jeff Yang / NYT
Donda: Kanye, the hype, controversy, music, & the Drake feud, explained. By Aja Romano / Vox
Spike Lee’s NYC Epicenters 9/11-2021½ is Timely, Powerful, and Personal. By Odie Henderson / Roger Ebert
My Friend, Ed Asner. By Ed Rampell / The Progressive
R. Kelly trial shocks, exposes abuse of Black women and girls. By Alia E. Dastagir / USA Today
