Culture
The Fearlessness of Passing. By Charles Taylor / Dissent
TV Diversity Is Improving On Screen. Behind The Camera, It’s Still Mostly White And Male. By Marina Fog / HuffPost
Gil Scott-Heron changed my life – and his humane message still resonates. By Abdul Malik Al Nasir / The Guardian
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
