Culture
Ernest Cole presents America from an exile’s perspective. By Raoul Peck / Wash Post
How John Coltrane’s ‘My Favorite Things’ Changed American Music. By Jeff MacGregor / Smithsonian Magazine
What ‘Rustin’ can teach us about fixing broken friendships. By Michele L. Norris / Wash Post
Katt Williams Goes After Kevin Hart, Joe Rogan, and More. By Craig Jenkins and Hershal Pandya / New York Magazine
Nikki Haley talked about her ‘Black friends.’ What do data and history show about friend groups? By Phillip Bump / Wash Post
Black Music Sunday: Winter moons and wintry tunes. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
The Color Purple review: The new movie stays true to Alice Walker’s message. By Nylah Burton / Vox
Film Review: ‘American Fiction’ and cluelessness in communication. By Jeanne Powell / Stark Insider
Dave Chappelle Assumes We’re Already Offended in His New Netflix Special. By Jason Zinoman / NYT
Black Music Sunday: Remembering musicians who left us in 2023, part 2. By Denise Oliver Velez
Black Music Sunday: Remembering Grover Washington Jr.—’Mr. Magic’ himself. By Denise Oliver-Velez / Daily Kos
Kevin Hart & Chris Rock: Headliners Only’ Review: Sold-Out Laughs. By Jason Zinoman / NYT
I’m Black But Look White. Here Are The Horrible Things White People Feel Safe Telling Me. By Miriam Zinter / HuffPost
Nicki Minaj Faces Hip-Hop’s Middle-Age Conundrum. By Spencer Kornhaber / The Atlantic
Beyoncé Net Worth: How She Makes and Spends Her Fortune. By Polly Thompson / Business Insider
‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ Star André Braugher Dies at 61. By Emell Adolphus / The Root
Tunisians take issue with Denzel Washington playing historic general in new film. By Variety and NBC News
Movie Theaters, the Urban North, and Policing the Color Line. By Alyssa Lopez / AAIHS
Norman Lear (1922-2023) Reshaped How America Saw Black Families. By Jonathan Abrams and Christopher Kuo / NYT
Black Music Sunday: Remembering Guitar Slim and the things he used to do. By Denise Oliver-Velez / Daily Kos
Ellen Holly, ‘One Life to Live’ star and the first Black actor to lead a daytime TV show, dies at 92. By Variety and NBC News
Sean Combs faces fourth sexual assault lawsuit in less than a month. By Anne Branigin / Wash Post
Budgets for ‘prestige’ films dried up. So Ava DuVernay found a new way. By Geoff Edgers / Wash Post
Black Music Sunday: Kabiosile (all hail) Chango! By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
‘Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé’ Is A Love Letter To The Beyhive. By Ruth Etiesit Samuel / HuffPost
‘Thriller 40’ revisits Michael Jackson’s magnum opus. By Mellissa Ruggleri / USA Today
