Culture
Who killed Tupac? What to know about the trial of Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis. By Chris Hamill-Stewart / Aljazeera
Blues ‘enthusiast’ Morgan Freeman’s album covers 100 years of the genre. By Maria Sherman / AP
Trump Orders Warnings Placed at ‘Inaccurate’ Smithsonian History Museum. By Robin Pogrebin and Zachary Small / NYT
White parents who tell their kids that race doesn’t matter are ignoring the long shadow of racism. By James M. Thomas / The Conversation
Trump Escalates Campaign Against Smithsonian With New “Warning Signs” Order. By Chris Walker / Truthout
Meet Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings’ queer descendants. By Nicholas Boston / Salon
Obama’s Answer to Matt Barnes’ Race Question Is a Reminder That Blackness Isn’t a Monolith. By Shellie M. Scott / The Root
The Curly, Coily Hair God Made. By Jordone Massey / Christianity Today
A Black Family’s Fight for Their Enslaved Ancestor’s Famous Artwork. Phenix S. Halley / The Root
Nikole Hannah-Jones Talks About Her Mission to Put Challenged Books Directly Into the Hands of Children in Iowa. Angela Johnson / The Root
Let This Be the Final Word on Culture War Feuding. By Sharon Waxman / NYT
Does Matt Damon Look Greek? No. So Stop Complaining About Lupita Nyong’o. By Daniel Mendelsohn / NYT
15 Caribbean music genres everyone should know and their origins. By Jahaura Michelle / The Grio
30 years after ‘Reasonable Doubt,’ Jay-Z’s career embodies hip-hop’s biggest contradictions. By Jabari M. Evans / The Conversation
Black Podcasting Is Having A Moment… That’s Becoming A Trend. By Frank Racioppi / Forbes
Nina Simone, Sam Cooke, And What Black Artists Sacrificed To Make Pro-Black Art. By Zack Linly / Newsone
Bob Johnson Is Back at BET, but Black Ownership Is Not. By Lacy J / Baller Alert
The Beautiful, Messy Legacy of Maurice White. By Shanelle Genai / The Root
Peabo Bryson, singer behind ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and more dies at 75. By Angeline Jane Bernabe / ABC News
The Revolutionary Roots That Inspired Tupac Shakur. By Reveal / Mother Jones
How I’m Wrestling With Miles Davis’s Complicated Legacy as Artist—and Abuser. By Jimmy Briggs / Vanity Fair
The Last of the Jazz Titans. By David A. Graham / The Atlantic
The Deep Spirituality of Earth, Wind & Fire Explored in a New HBO Documentary by Questlove. By Lori Dorn / Laughing Squid
Byron Allen Breaks Silence on Replacing Stephen Colbert — And Why the Date Matters. By Erin Maxwell / TV Insider
The new Helen of Troy is Black — and that’s upsetting racists. By CK Smith / Salon
‘Michael’ Becomes Second Highest-Grossing Biopic of All Time, Beating Out ‘Elvis.’ By Charlotte Phillipp / People
