Culture
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
UCLA Hollywood report shows audiences want diverse films. By Andrew Limbong / NPR
The blank spaces in Relisha Rudd’s story are the most horrifying. By Colbert L. King / Wash Post
Texas insists on discriminating against Black hair. By Karen Attiah / Wash Post
Black historical interpreters fight to keep history alive as some work to erase it. By Donna M. Owens / NBC News
The Essential James Baldwin. By Robert Jones Jr. / NYT
Jeffrey Wright is finally in the Oscar hunt. He’s ready. By Ann Hornaday / Wash Post
Hustlers, grifters and greed: How Jam Master Jay met his tragic end. By Rich Schapiro / NBC News
Beyoncé brings new audience to country music and highlights the genre’s Black roots. By Amna Nawaz, Mary Fecteau and Layla Quran / PBS
At Dance Theater of Harlem, a New Lease on History and Ballet. by Gia Kourias / NYT
Ray Francis, Celebrating Blackness. By Blake Gopnik / NYT
Harry Belafonte Memorial: Public Celebration Details Announced. Editor At NewsOne
James Brown’s Daughters Reveal Who The Godfather Of Soul Really Was: He ‘Was Daddy.’ By Felice Leon / Business Insider
Beyoncé Is The First Black Woman With A No. 1 Country Song — And It’s About Time. By Curtis M. Wong / HuffPost
What Happened To Rita Marley After Bob Marley: One Love. By Lynn Sharpe / Screen Rant
With ‘Gems’ From Black Collections, the Harlem Renaissance Reappears. By Aruna D’Souza / NYT
The Missing Piece of the Bob Marley Biopic. By Hannah Giorgis / The Atlantic
National Black Movie Day is a celebration — and a call for action. By Curtis Bunn / NBC News
Allow Beyoncé To Remind You Where Country Really Came From. By Ruth Etiesit Samuel / HuffPost
New ‘Peanuts’ special will finally let Franklin sit by White friends. By Samantha Chery / Wash Post
Tyler Perry inks first-look TV deal with Netflix. By The Grio Staff
