Culture
In ‘Blindspotting,’ Daveed Diggs wrestles with gentrification and race in Oakland, California – Soraya Nadia McDonald / The Undefeated
‘Sorry to Bother You’ Review: Welcome to the WTF Satire of the Summer – Peter Travers / Rolling Stone
“Whitney” director on Houston’s untold story: “Whitney had been abused, and it took a huge toll” – Mary Elizabeth Williams / Salon
Documentary “The King”: “The American people are Elvis. They have been hoodwinked” – D. Watkins / Salon
Reggae’s sacred roots and call to protest injustice – David W. Stowe / The Conversation
Natural Hair Styles Are Gaining Popularity And Creating A Community For People In Pittsburgh – Allegra Battle / NPR
Spike Lee’s ‘BlacKkKlansman’ Is a Searing Indictment of Trumpism -Richard Porton / The Daily Beast
Childish Gambino captures the grim surrealism of being black in America – Mitchell S. Jackson / The Guardian
I’m Not Black, I’m Kanye – Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic
James Brown Drummer John ‘Jabo’ Starks: 5 Classic Tracks – Hank Shteamer and Elias Leight / Rolling Stone
The Last Poets, Rap Forefathers, Talk Black Lives Matter, Playing Basketball With Wu-Tang – Mosi Reeves / Rolling Stone
Kendrick Lamar Wins Pulitzer in ‘Big Moment for Hip-Hop’ – Joe Coscarelli / NYT
Beyoncé and the End of Respectability Politics – Myles E. Johnson / NYT
Zora Neale Hurston: Black Feminist Icon and Thought Criminal – Gil Troy / The Daily Beast
King’s Death Gave Birth to Hip-Hop – Vann R. Newkirk II / The Atlantic
Listening to Miles Davis and John Coltrane’s Final Tour – Richard Brody / The New Yorker
When the Irish Weren”t White – Michael Harriott / The Root
It’s official: We are experiencing a Black Renaissance – Kay Wicker / ThinkProgress
