Culture
From Cornel West to Nikole Hannah-Jones, Black intellectuals take over MasterClass. By Donna M. Owens / NBC News
Kwanzaa: The seven principles and what they mean. By Leah Asmelash / CNN
Have you heard ‘The Originator,’ Bo Diddley? By Denise Oliver Valdez / Daily Kos
Denzel Washington’s Michael B. Jordan-starring A Journal for Jordan is obsessed with Black fatherhood. By Robert Daniels / Slate
Soul Train and the Desire for Black Power. By Mark Anthony Neal / The Nation
How this Black theater group is using art as a tool to ‘awaken’ people. By Jeffrey Brown and Sam Lane / PBS
North Carolina Black Santas bringing diversity to Christmas. By Chris Lumsden / GMA
Bell hooks, Author, Educator and Feminist Icon, Dead at 69. By Maiysha Kai / The Root
Best jazz albums 2021: Nina Simone, Charles Mingus, Frank Kimbrough, and more. By Fred Kaplan / Slate
Two-Spirit: Everything to know about indigenous LGBTQ identities. By David Oliver / USA Today
I’m Black But Look White. Here Are The Horrible Things White People Feel Safe Telling Me. By Miriam Zinter / HuffPost
Best Black Female Performances of 2021. By Stephanie Holland / The Root
Happy birthday to Joe Williams, ‘The Emperor of the Blues.’ By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
James Brown said the CIA spied on him. The CIA won’t say. By Thomas Lake / CNN
City honors nightclub where Ray Charles sang during Jim Crow era. By AP and NBC News
Music and cultural critic Greg Tate dead at 64. By Dennis Romero / NBC News
Denzel Washington, Man on Fire. By Maureen Dowd / NYT
He put the R in rock ‘n’ roll: Remembering Little Richard. By Denise Oliver-Velez / Daily Kos
