Culture
Natural Hair Styles Are Gaining Popularity And Creating A Community For People In Pittsburgh – Allegra Battle / NPR
Spike Lee’s ‘BlacKkKlansman’ Is a Searing Indictment of Trumpism -Richard Porton / The Daily Beast
Childish Gambino captures the grim surrealism of being black in America – Mitchell S. Jackson / The Guardian
I’m Not Black, I’m Kanye – Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic
James Brown Drummer John ‘Jabo’ Starks: 5 Classic Tracks – Hank Shteamer and Elias Leight / Rolling Stone
The Last Poets, Rap Forefathers, Talk Black Lives Matter, Playing Basketball With Wu-Tang – Mosi Reeves / Rolling Stone
Kendrick Lamar Wins Pulitzer in ‘Big Moment for Hip-Hop’ – Joe Coscarelli / NYT
Beyoncé and the End of Respectability Politics – Myles E. Johnson / NYT
Zora Neale Hurston: Black Feminist Icon and Thought Criminal – Gil Troy / The Daily Beast
King’s Death Gave Birth to Hip-Hop – Vann R. Newkirk II / The Atlantic
Listening to Miles Davis and John Coltrane’s Final Tour – Richard Brody / The New Yorker
When the Irish Weren”t White – Michael Harriott / The Root
It’s official: We are experiencing a Black Renaissance – Kay Wicker / ThinkProgress
These Twins, One Black and One White, Will Make You Rethink Race – Patricia Edmonds / National Geographic
Using Art to Help the Police Understand Racism – John Hanc / NYT
Have You Seen ‘A Wrinkle in Time’? Let’s Talk – Reggie Ugwu / NYT
“The Oscars Are Still So White”: While Awards Project Diversity, Most Winners Remain White Men / Democracy Now
The Black Director Who Should Have Won an Oscar – Gil Troy / The Daily Beast
News flash! The Oscars are still so white. Just take a look at the most excluded group – Deena Zaru / CNN
African rhythms, ideas of sin and the Hammond organ: A brief history of gospel music’s evolution – Robert Stephens / The Conversation
Black Hair’s Blockbuster Moment – Tiya Miles / NYT
How ‘Strange Fruit’ Killed Billie Holiday – Brandon Weber / The Progressive
The “Black National Anthem” May Be More Patriotic Than “The Star Spangled Banner” – Brandon E. Patterson / Mother Jones
‘Annihilation’ and Hollywood’s Erasure of Asians – Karen Han / Daily Beast
The Tragedy of Erik Killmonger – Adam Serwer / The Atlantic
What The Heck Is Afrofuturism? Jamie Broadnax / HuffPost
