Culture
How Trump Went from Hip Hop’s Favorite Wealth Icon to the Culture’s Supervillain. By Cali Green / The Root
Angela Bofill, R&B balladeer with a dreamy, dynamic voice, dies at 70. By Harrison Smith / Wash Post
How Black Librarians Helped Create Generations of Black Literature. By Jennifer Schuessler / NYT
Denzel Washington wanted to ‘protect’ Whitney Houston on ‘The Preacher’s Wife.’ By Lisa Respers France / CNN
‘This Whole Idea Makes My Teeth Itch’: Morgan Freeman Doubles Down on Why He Hates Black History Month. By Nicole Duncan-Smith / Atlanta Black Star
The Harlem Renaissance Was Bigger Than Harlem. How Black artists made modernism their own. By Susan Tallman / The Atlantic
Why Nikole Hannah-Jones Is Starting a New Black Literary Salon. By Kaitlyn Greenidge / Harpers Bazaar
Chaka Khan: ‘I found ways to hang on. Substance abuse, and all kinds of other s***’ By Stevie Chick / Independent
What is the future of hip-hop? Questlove delves into the past for answers. By G’ra Asim / Wash Post
Black Music Sunday: Celebrating the Cole Porter songbook. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
A Black farmer in South Carolina cultivates culture, history — and rice. By Caroline Hatchett / Wash Post
Looking Back on “All in the Family,” the Sitcom That Reshaped America. By Tim Brinkhof / The Progressive
American Beauty Standards May Have Black Women Tricked. By Zayna Allen / 21`Ninety
Barbershop therapy: providing a safe space for men of color to talk about their problems. By Lataya Rothmiller, Mireya Villarreal, and Jim Scholz / ABC News
How a Group of Rappers Became Trump Evangelists. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
“The Big Cigar” is “a crazy way to tell” how Huey P. Newton escaped to Cuba using a fake movie. By Nardos Haile / Salon
The Story Behind Smokey Robinson and The Miracles’ “Shop Around” and Why It’s One of the Most Important Songs in Motown History. By Jim Beviglia / Songwriter
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
