Culture
Race, Art, and Essentialism – George Packer / The New Yorker
How Don Cheadle Became Miles Davis – Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast
Nina Simone’s Face – Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic
How #BlackLivesMatter started a musical revolution – Daphne A. Brooks / The Guardian
Harper Lee and the Myth of a Post-Racial America – Kate Jenkins / Lit Hub
Featured – What Roles Get Black Actors to the Oscars? Aaron Byrd, John Woo and Brandon K. Thorp / NYT Video
Here’s a look at roles performed by black artists who have been nominated for a best actress or best actor Oscar — and what they…
SNL Captures White Peoples Response to Beyonce’s Super Bowl Performance / Video
” The Day Beyoncé Turned Black” Watch the Video here
In Defense of Beyoncé’s Black Panther Tribute at the Super Bowl – Dave Zirin / The Nation
This New Film Will Change the Way You Think About the Black Panthers – Edwin Ross / Mother Jones
Featured – Earth, Wind & Fire’s Musical Reintegration – Roger Thompson / NYT
Jesse Owens, a Film Hero Once Again – Salamishah Tillet / NYT
The soul songs that saved me: Sexuality, the South, sadness, meet Al Green and Aretha – Rashod Ollison / Salon
Sundance Roars for a Black Film, and Fox Searchlight Bids $17 Million – Brooks Barnes / NYT
Don’t Call Don Cheadle’s New Miles Davis Movie ‘Miles Ahead’ a Biopic – Jada Yuan and Trupti Rami / Vulture
70 Classic Black Films Everyone Should See At Least Once – Kelley L. Carter / Buzz Feed
Movie Review : Straight Outta Compton – Odie Henderson / Roger Ebert
Jazz Heavyweight Terence Blanchard Won’t Turn a Blind Eye – Jacob Blickenstaff / Mother Jones
Rap in Rio : Why hip-hop is the new sound in the city of samba – Dom Phillips / Wash Post
Nina Simon’s Time Is Now Again – Salamishah Tillet / NYT
Ornette Coleman , The Saxophonist Who Transformed Jazz – Michael J. Aqouino / The New Republic
Check Out A List of This Year’s American Black Film Festival Award Winners – Wilson Morales / Huff Post
Nicola Lo Calzo’s Portraits of the African Diaspora – Hilton Als / The New Yorker
Black American’s Forgotten Film History – Brandon Harris / The New Republic
Fear Of A Black Superhero: Michael B. Jordan and the Importance of Colorblind Casting – Stereo Williams / The Daily Beast
The thrill is gone. So is B B King. Now what happens to blues music? – Chris Richards / Wash Post
College Dropout to Ph.D. : Kanye West receives doctorate in Chicago – Christopher Borrelli / Chicago Tribune
