Culture
On Langston Hughes’s 115th birthday, read his ambivalent ode to America. By Constance Grady / Vox
Lift Every Voice and Sing ( The Undefeated Mix) Featuring Aloe Blacc and special guests The String Queens / By The Undefeated
The Family Business That Put Nashville Hot Chicken on the Map. By Paige Williams / The New Yorker
Native Son is an imperfect but mesmerizing adaptation of Richard Wright’s classic novel. By Alissa Wilkinson / Vox
R. Kelly Hasn’t Really Been ‘Dropped’ by Anyone in Music. By Amy X. Wang / Rolling Stone
R. Kelly and the Complexities of Race in the #MeToo Era. By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
Surviving R. Kelly By Willa Paskin / Slate
Black Directors Had A Big Year In 2018 — But Other Inclusion Numbers Stagnated. By Colin Dwyer / NPR
How Chadwick Boseman Embodies Black Male Dignity. By Reggie Ugwu / NYT
The policing of black hair in sports. By Martenzie Johnson / The Undefeated
What was Michelle Obama thinking after Trump’s inauguration? ‘Bye, Felicia.’ By Allyson Chiu / Wash
Steven Spielberg on Storytelling’s Power to Fight Hate. By Adam Popescu / NYT
Roma Is Only the Latest Movie From a Latin American Director About His Family’s Domestic Worker. By Inkoo Kang / Slate
58 Jazz Giants in One Immortal Image. By John Leland / NYT
What Makes Jeremy O. Harris’ ‘Slave Play’ Such a Powerful Play About Racism. By Tim Teeman / The Daily Beast
The Politics of Memory in Barry Jenkins’s “If Beale Street Could Talk.” By Richard Brody / The New Yorker
Writing ‘BlacKkKlansman’ was an exploration of ‘twoness.’ By Kevin Willmott / LA Times
Ryan Speedo Green: From juvenile delinquency to opera stardom. By Scott Pelley / 60 Minutes
