Culture
Latinos own and disown ‘Hispanic’ in journey to harness identity. By Nicole Acevedo and Isa Gutierrez / NBC News
What Ken Burns’ Muhammad Ali Doc Misses About the Nation of Islam. By Roger House / The Daily Beast
In Oak Bluffs, Strangers Become Family. By J. Nailah Avery / NYT
My grandmother left South Carolina during Jim Crow. My trip there taught me about her — and me. By Laylah Amatullah Barrayn / The Lily
‘Dear White People’ creator says racism’s ‘evergreen’ presence keeps series relevant. By Lamar Dawson / NBC News
Monument honoring abolition of slavery unveiled in Virginia. By Christopher Brito / CBS News
National Cathedral replacing Confederate glass with racial justice imagery. By LI Cohen / CBS News
Woodie King Jr. finally gets a Tony Award for bringing color to the stage. By Jeremy Gerard / The Undefeated
Melvin Van Peebles wrote the do-it-yourself playbook for Black filmmakers. By Will Haygood / Wash Post
Metropolitan Opera season to open with first opera by Black composer. By AP and NBC News
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
