Culture
A Breakthrough Showcase For Black Filmmaking At The Toronto Film Festival – Bilal Qureshi / NPR
How Amos ’n’ Andy Paved the Way for Black Stars on TV – Aisha Harris / Slate
8 Ways Tupac Shakur Changed the World – Mosi Reeves / Rolling Stone
Russell Simmons says Hollywood is ‘self-segregated’ and ‘lacks culture’ – Kady Phillips / Blavity
No compromises, no regrets – Larry Wilmore and the price of “Keeping it 100″ – Melanie McFarland / Salon
The Essentials of Brazilian Music for Olympic Listening – Jon Pareles et. al. / NYT
Ripping the Veil : Slave narratives have always been popular—and predictable. Can a new generation rewrite the rules? Brit Bennett / New Republic
How Artists Change the World – (Frederick Douglass) – David Brooks / NYT
The Legend of Tarzan Movie – A Review / Glenn Kenny for Roger Ebert.com
Jesse Williams’ Speech On Racism At The BET Awards Was Absolute Fire – Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani / Thinkprogress
‘Free State Of Jones’ Challenges Our Misconceptions About The Civil War And Reconstruction-era South – Steven Hahn / Huff Post
Defining, and Proclaiming, a New Black Power – Wesley Morris / NYT
A Confederate Dissident, in a Film With Footnotes – Jennifer Schuessler / NYT
Tonys Makes History When Actors Of Color Sweep Musical Categories – Katherine Brooks / Huff Post
How to learn more about slavery after watching the new ‘Roots’ – Anthea Butler / Wash Post
Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome and Intergenerational Trauma: Slavery is Like a Curse Passing Through the DNA of Black People – David Love / Atlblackstar
‘O.J.: Made in America’: Inside ESPN’s Definitive Simpson Doc – James Montgomery / Rolling Stone
A (Self) Love Story About Embracing My Natural Hair – Deja L. Jones / Huff Post
The First Badass Female Guitarist: Meet Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock ‘n’ Roll – Stereo Williams / The Daily Beast
Can the new ‘Roots’ help us understand America’s current racial divide? Bethonie Butler / Wash Post
Without Jazz and Blues, There’s No Americana – David A. Graham / The Atlantic
Artist Honors The Black Mothers Who’ve Lost Their Sons To Police Brutality – Priscilla Frank / Huff Post
Lupita Nyong’o had to remind Vogue that white actresses don’t have a monopoly on beauty – Victoria M. Massie / Vox
Beyoncé Unearths Pain and Lets It Flow in ‘Lemonade’ – Wesley Morris / NYT
Prince Recognized That ‘if There Ain’t No Justice, Then There Ain’t No Peace’ – John Nichols / the Nation
Here’s how Miles Davis and Nina Simone were alike and different – Michael J. West / Wash Post
