Culture
Discovering Cuba, an Island of Music. By Shannon Sims / NYT
‘Hustlers’ And The Evolution Of Asian Sex Workers On-Screen. By Tiffany Diane Ts / HuffPost
Eddie Murphy Is Bringing Eddie Murphy Back. By Jason Zinoman / NYT
Overlooked No More: Robert Johnson, Bluesman Whose Life Was a Riddle. By Reggie Ugwu / NYT
Jacqueline Woodson Transformed Children’s Literature. Now She’s Writing for Herself. By Kat Chow / NYT
‘SNL’ firing Shane Gillis isn’t enough. Asian stereotypes still support the white status quo. By Marie Myung-Ok Lee/ NBC News
Trevor Noah Proposes ‘Buyback’ Scheme To Get Blackface Off The Streets. By Josie Harvey / HuffPost
Can a Trumpet Silence a Gun? Terence Blanchard Wants to Try. By Larry Blumenfeld / The Daily Beast
More states are trying to protect black employees who want to wear natural hairstyles at work. By Jena McGregor / Wash Post
William F. Buckley Jr. vs. James Baldwin: A racial showdown on the American dream. By Gillian Brockell / Wash Post
Lupita Nyong’o Talks Us, Black Panther, Her Oscar and Americana. By Kimberly Drew / Vanity Fair
Country Music Is More Diverse Than You Think. By Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan / NYT
Tina Turner Is Having the Time of Her Life. By Amanda Hess / NYT
Dismissed for too long, black chefs are seizing their moment. By Nick Charles / NBC News
It’s About Time!’ Betye Saar’s Long Climb to the Summit. By Holland Cotter / NYT
The Voice That Shattered Glass. How Ella Fitzgerald’s cassette campaign fueled a late-career renaissance. By Michelle Mercer / NPR
Mary Frances Whitfield Bears Witness. By Alexandra Marvar / The Nation
Marvin Gaye’s ‘What’s Going On Live’ Set for Reissue. By Daniel Kreps / Rolling Stone
