Culture
Where Did The Love Go? In Today’s Black Pop Music, Love Songs Are Harder To Find. By Jesse Washington / The Undefeated
Malcolm X assassination case may be reopened after Netflix documentary. By Elisha Fieldstadt / NBC News
Oscar-winning ‘Hair Love’ director calls attention to efforts to ban race-based hair discrimination. By Jena McGregor / Wash Post
African American Film Critics Celebrate Great Movies Shunned By The Oscars. By Kelley L. Carter / The Undefeated
Rising Teen Star Koffee Gives Reggae a Jolt to the Mainstream. By Ross kenneth Urken / Newsweek
The Oscars’ ‘Harriet Tubman problem.’ By Peniel Joseph / CNN
Jennifer Lopez’s Super Bowl performance said more to Latinos than white people realize. By Susanne Ramirez de Arellano / NBC News
This Woman’s Work : Black Gold By Nina Simone. A live album that captured the rage and hope of the civil rights movement. By Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen / Slate
Tom Joyner’s 50-year legacy: Social activism through the power of radio. By Karen Robinson-Jacobs / NBC News
How Ballerinas Of Color Are Changing The Palette Of Dance. By Rohina Katoch Sehra / HuffPost
The idea of beauty is always shifting. Today, it’s more inclusive than ever. Robin Givhan / National Geographic
Jay-Z Takes on the Super Bowl. By Katherine Rosman / NYT
The Joy of Lizzo. By Brittany Spanos / Rolling Stone
Diddy calls out Grammys for not respecting black music ‘to the point that it should be.’ By Mesfin Fekadu and The Associated Press
How the Grammys Descended Into Behind-the-Scenes Chaos. By Andrew R. Chow / Time
#OscarsSoWhite meets #OscarsSoConservative. The Academy has overlooked some of this year’s most progressive films. By Ed Rampell / The Progressive
Charles Fuller’s ‘A Soldier’s Play’ Is a Brilliant, Searing Indictment of Racism on Broadway. By Tim Teeman / Daily Beast
Exclusive: Rep. Ayanna Pressley Reveals Beautiful Bald Head and Talks Alopecia for the First Time. By Jessica Moulite / The Root and You Tube
