Culture
Black Business Excellence: The Top Black Celeb Billionaires. By Stephanie Holland / The Root
Bryan Stevenson Reclaims the Monument, in the Heart of the Deep South. By Doreen St. Félix / The New Yorker
The Divine Nine and the Formation of Black Studies. By James R. Morgan, III / AAIHS
Louis Gossett Jr. dead: Roots, An Officer and a Gentleman star was 87. By jay Stahl / USA Today
Billie Holiday’s gowns and gardenias were an assertion of dignity. By Paul Alexander / Wash Post
Beyoncé fans hope her new album brings more visibility to Black country artists. By Daysia Tolentino / NBC News
Lost tracks recorded by Marvin Gaye uncovered in Belgium: ‘As good as Sexual Healing.’ By Brooke Kato / NY Post
Diddy’s dreamy American gloss in ruins. By Robin Givhan / Wash Post
I didn’t know what my dreadlocks meant until I cut them off. By David Moinina Sengeh / Wash Post
Daring to Be Bold: Examining Shirley Chisholm’s Everlasting Impact. By Brandon Tensley / Capital B
Beyoncé says an experience where she ‘did not feel welcomed’ spurred her to make ‘Cowboy Carter’ country album. By Alli Rosenbloom / CNN
Is Kevin Hart funny? By Travis M. Andrews / Wash Post
On the Chisholm Trail: Dramatizing the Story of the First Black Woman Presidential Candidate. By Ed Rampell / The Progressive
Stormy Daniels doc is a portrait of a woman destroyed by Donald Trump. By Jada Yuan / Wash Post
How Quinta Brunson Hacked the Sitcom. By Molly Fischer / The New Yorker
When Pavarotti and Tracy Chapman stunned the world in a soulful operatic duet. By Kyle Macdonald / Classicfm
“I tried on the American dream”: CNN analyst Natasha Alford on finding success without assimilating. By D. Watkins / Salon
NAACP Image Awards 2024: Here Are All The Winners. By Kimberley Richards / HuffPost
‘American Society of Magical Negroes’ cast and director say not to judge the film by its trailer. By Ronda Racha Penrice / NBC News
Caribbean musician Sherwin Gardner’s viral hit song surpasses 1 billion TikTok views. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
A Bloody Retelling of ‘Huckleberry Finn.’ By Tyler Austin Harper / The Atlantic
‘Opera Has Never Been White’: The Invisible Legacy of Black Women in Classical Music. By Mariel Padilla / The 19th and Capital B
There Is Something Putin Can’t Control. By Joy Neumeyer / NYT
CBS is developing its first Black daytime soap opera in 35 years. By Jonathan Franklin / NPR
Black Music Sunday: Celebrating Muslim jazz musicians as Ramadan begins. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
How Black artists helped make country music what it is today. By Santi Elijah Holley / National Geographic
