Culture
A Black rising star lost his elite orchestra job. He won’t go quietly. By Geoff Edgers / Wash Post
Idris Elba on why Second World War docuseries on black stories matters today. By Lotte Brundle / Independent
Golden Time Of Day: Philly Honors Native Son, Singer Frankie Beverly With Street Renaming. O.J. Spivey / The Philadelphia Tribune
Beyoncé Just Covered the Beatles in the Most Authentic Way: By Honoring Black History. By Garrison Hayes / Mother Jones
Watch “Black Women’s Embrace of Natural Hair Is About More than Style. The New Yorker / You Tube
Stevie on the Wonder of becoming a Ghanaian citizen. By Thomas Naadi / BBC
In Virginia, these Confederate names have a power all their own. By Nicole Hemmer / CNN
New Releases Make Old Jazz Young Again. By Richard Brody / The New Yorker
Charlamagne Tha God Won’t Take Sides. By Lulu Garcia-Navarro / NYT
Black Twitter: A People’s History Proves That “American Culture Is Black Culture.” By Erin Vanderhoof / Vanity Fair
One Man’s Mission to Make Video Games a Little Less White. By Jamal Michel / Mother Jones
Barbara O. Jones, Actress Who Brought Black Cinema to Life, Dies at 82. By Clay Risen / NYT
The dark side of Diddy’s American Dream. By Travis M. Andrews, Anne Branigin ,Helena Andrews-Dyer and Samantha Chery / Wash Post
Black lawmakers reintroduce federal CROWN Act legislation to ban hair discrimination. By Jonathan Franklin / NPR
Photographer Rahim Fortune Examines Heritage, Ritual, and Black Culture’s Enduring Traditions in the American South. By Allison Schaller / Vanity Fair
She broke racial barriers as a Vegas showgirl. At 97, she’s still dancing. By Amanda Fortini / Wash Post
Black Nominees at the 2024 Tony Awards. By Shanelle Genai / The Root
Black Music Sunday: A month of Duke Ellington tributes comes to an end. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
How the Black Opry is helping elevate artists of color in country music. By Lisa Respers France / CNN
Langston Hughes wrote a poem about Black voters in Miami. Why don’t more of us know? By Nadege Green / Miami Herald
Beyoncé Showed Her Hair Being Washed. Here’s Why It Matters. By Gina Cherelus / NYT
Duke Ellington would be 125. D.C. still dances to his tune. By Larry Tye / Wash Post
50 Cent now owns the second biggest Black-owned production studio in the world: report. By Dollita Okine / face2faceafrica
A meta-play about Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson. By Rhoda Feng / Wash Post
FAMU will host jazz concert to honor new Julian and Nat Adderley Music Institute unveiling. By Tarah Jean / Tallahassee Democrat
When O.J. Simpson ‘Confessed’ to Murder. By Jacob Bernstein / NYT
