Culture
Amiri Baraka, Black Music, and Black Modernity. By Wilton Schereka / AAIHS
Reggaeton needed a racial reckoning. Afro-Latinos are leading it. By Bethonie Butler / Wash Post
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom: Chadwick Boseman’s last movie shows he was just getting started. By Karen Han / Slate
“Between the World and Me” transforms a father’s letter to his son into a chorus for a people. By Melanie McFarland / Salon
Latinos, Long Dismissed in Hollywood, Push to Make Voices Heard. By Nicole Sperling / NYT
Poet Nikki Giovanni shares her wisdom about Biden, cowardly racism, and why love is a pineapple. By D. Watkins / Salon
Ta-Nehisi Coates isn’t ready to celebrate America just yet. By Helena Andrews-Dyer / Wash Post
“The Reagans” shows how the Gipper paved the way for political actors pretending they aren’t racist. By Melanie McFarland / Salon
Smokey Robinson on Marvin Gaye, ‘My Girl’ and new Audible memoir. By Patrick Ryan / USA Today
‘You love Black culture, but do you love me?’: Black athletes and artists in new ad. By Ree Hines / Today
Miss USA 2020 is the first Black woman to represent Mississippi. By Scottie Andrew / CNN
Ta-Nehisi Coates The Water Dancer to Be Adapted to Film. By Tonja Renee Stidhum / The Root
Laughter wasn’t the point of Dave Chappelle’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ performance. By Justin Tinsley / The Undefeated
Sarah Cooper Shares The Big Fear About Her Lip-Syncing Videos Had Donald Trump Won. By Lee Moran / HuffPost
Viola Davis continues her fight for equal pay for Black actresses. By Ken Simmons / GMA
Ariana Grande’s Dirty Mind Takes Center Stage on ‘Positions.’ By Brittany Spanos / Rolling Stone
Reënacting the Trial of a Black Woman Convicted of Voter Fraud. By Vinson Cunningham / The New Yorker
‘The Queen’s Gambit’ is mesmerizing, but there’s one glaring problem. By Bethonie Butler / Wash Post
Marvin Gaye’s ‘What’s Going On’ still relevant and revealing, 50 years on. By Brian McCollum / Detroit Free Press
What the Constitution means to us. By Soraya Nadia McDonald / The Undefeated
‘City So Real’ TV Review: Life, Death and Politics — The Chicago Way. By David Fear / Rolling Stone
Black Horror Is Bigger Than Black Trauma. By Zeba Blay / HuffPost
Brandy isn’t just back. She matters. By Helena Andrews-Dyer / Wash Post
Black Art and Poetry Elevate a Tribute to Civil Rights Leaders. By Maya Phillips / NYT
Whitney Houston Becomes First Black Artist To Sell Three Diamond-Certified Albums. By Carlie Porterfield / Forbes
Protecting Your Birth: A Guide For Black Mothers. By Erica Chidi and Erica P. Cahill / NYT
