Culture
Henry Louis Gates Jr. Is in ‘Shock’ Over Finding Your Roots’ Emmy Nod: ‘I Thought I Was Hallucinating.’ By JP Mangakindan / People
When Is a Stand-Up Special Like ‘The Wire’? When Ali Siddiq Is Onstage. By Jason Zinoman / NYT
Decades after Billie Holiday’s death, ‘Strange Fruit’ is still a searing testament to injustice – and of faithful solidarity with suffering. By Tracy Fessenden / The Conversation
Jazz pianist Kirk Lightsey found respect in Paris that was missing in the United States. By William C. Rhoden / Andscape
Zora Neale Hurston’s New, Posthumous Novel: What We Know So Far About The Bible-Tinged ‘The Life Of Herod The Great.’ By Tomas Kassahun / Blavity
In ‘Sing Sing,’ Black And Brown Men At Play Are The Key To Liberation. By Taryn Finley / HuffPost
‘Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot’ Review. By Lisa Kennedy / Variety
How Lonnie G. Bunch III Is Renovating the “Nation’s Attic.” By Julian Lucas / The New Yorker
Frankie Beverly Takes His Final Bow At ESSENCE Festival Of Culture. By Rivea Ruff / Essence
Gladiator 2 Trailer: Denzel Washington Steals the Show. By Jason P. Frank / New York Vulture
The existential struggle of being Black. By Sean Illing / Vox
The Booty-Shaking Anthem That Still Endures, 25 Years Later. By Jonathan Abrams / NYT
Kendrick Lamar drops ‘Not Like Us’ music video amid Drake feud. By Daysia Tolentino / NBC News
The Shade Room built a massive Black audience. Candidates want in. By Janay Kingsberry / Wash Post
An Insider’s Portrait of Obama-Era Hope—and Disillusionment. By Ben Metzner / The New Republic
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Wayne Shorter. By Marcus J. Moore / NYT
Politics took center stage at the BET Awards. By Char Adams / NBC News
Documentary ‘The Debutantes’ shines a light on cotillions as a celebration of Black Girlhood. By Isabel Yip / NBC News
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
