Culture
Country music’s reckoning: Black women forge their own path in whitewashed industry. By Oiliva Roos / NBC News
Protest music found a home in contemporary pop. By Taylor Crumpton / The Undefeated
Tragedy and Triumph: The Dorothy Dandridge Story. By Hadley Hall Meares / Vanity Fair
The Exhausted Radiance of Claudine. By Charles Taylor / Dissent
Listen Up: These Young Black Poets Have a Message. By Maya Phillips / NYT
Radha Blank relearns how to live in color in ‘The Forty-Year-Old Version.’ By Soraya Nadia McDonald / The Undefeated
Ziggy Marley’s ‘More Family Time’ Is a Feelgood Party for All Ages. By Jon Dolan / Rolling Stone
Alicia Keys Gives Us All a Helping Hand on ‘Alicia.’ By Jon Dolan / Rolling Stone
Red, White and Blue Review: John Boyega Gives Career-Best Performance. By Eric Kohn / IndieWire
Samuel L. Jackson Talks New Docuseries on African Slave Trade, Explains Why Examining Sunken Slave Ships Is Important. By Daryl Nelson / Atlanta Black Star
The Special Place Where Ella Fitzgerald Comes Alive. By Giovanni Russonello / NYT
Ethan Hawke Burns with Fiery Passion as John Brown in The Good Lord Bird. By Sonia Saraiya / Vanity Fair
How Kendrick Lamar Became the Voice of a Generation. By Ann-Derrick Gaillot / The Nation
Chris Rock isn’t having enough fun in the new season of ‘Fargo.’ By Soraya Nadia McDonald / The Undefeated
Regina King Wins Emmy For ‘Watchmen’ While Wearing Shirt Honoring Breonna Taylor. By Cole Delbyck / HuffPost
Study: Black Americans don’t see representation in movies and TV. By Bryan Alexander / USA Today
Idris Elba drama “Concrete Cowboy” brings audience along for a crowd-pleasing ride. By Gary M. Kramer / Salon
Janelle Monáe’s Film ‘Antebellum’ Shows the Horrors of Systemic Racism and White Supremacy. By H. Alan Scott / Newsweek
The Patti LaBelle vs. Gladys Knight ‘Verzuz’ was made special by the music and our memories. By Mikki Kendall / NBC News
The Oscars just made its most visible move toward diversity yet. By Sonia Rao / Wash Post
‘This Is Not the Time for Tiptoeing.’ How British Vogue‘s Edward Enninful Is Shaking Up the Fashion World. By Diana Evans / Time
In Hulu’s ‘Woke,’ Waking Up to Racism Is a Lot Like Going Crazy. By Mike Hale / NYT
Jazz Has Always Been Protest Music. Can It Meet This Moment? By Giovanni Russonello / NYT
Sade Announces Six-Album Vinyl Set ‘This Far’ For October Release. By Claire Shaffer / Rolling Stone
T’Challa forever: We lost Chadwick Boseman but not the symbolism of what he represents. By Melanie McFarland / Salon
Spike Lee Updates Michael Jackson’s ‘They Don’t Care About Us’ Video. By Daniel Kreps / Rolling Stone
