Culture
Viola Davis Says Hollywood Is ‘Vast Desert’ For Black Women Over 50. By Margo Margaritoff / HuffPost
Hip-hop turns 50: Here’s a part of its history that doesn’t always make headlines. By Art Daniel / NPR
Asian Americans are over just being included — they’re defining mainstream culture. By Brahmjot Kaur and Angela Yang / NBC
Review: Beyoncé Renaissance World Tour Begins in Stockholm. By Hunter Harris / Vulture
Amazing base: A singer wed in a D.C. ballpark, and 19,000 paid to attend. By Terence McArdle / Wash Post
Whose Queen? Netflix and Egypt Spar Over an African Cleopatra. By Vivian Yee / NYT
I was young, Black, gay … and angry. By Darren Walker / Andscape
Opera Ebony turns 50 this year, but its future is uncertain. By Brandon Gates / NPR
Black Music Sunday: ‘Spring has sprung, the grass has riz,’ and jazz is ‘where the flowers is.’ By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Kylie Jenner invites Kardashians to talk beauty standards. That’s big. By Hannah Yasharoff / USA Today
Roy Wood Jr’s Surprisingly Personal and Scathing White House Correspondents’ Dinner Roast. By Jennifer M. Wood / The Daily Beast
‘Dear Mama’ is Tupac and Afeni Shakur’s beautiful, tragic opus. By Justin Tinsley / Andscape
Cleopatra was not Black, Egypt tells Netflix ahead of new series. By Charlene Gubash and Patrick Smith / NBC News
What Little Richard Deserved. By Hanif Abdurraqib / The New Yorker
What John Blake discovered when he met the White mother he never knew. By John Blake / CNN
In ‘Air,’ Michael Jordan’s silence speaks volumes about the marketing of Black athletes. By A. Joseph Dial / The Conversation
The Woman Shaping A Generation Of Black Thought. By Jenna Wotham / NYT
Why this new romantic comedy with Black leads has captured hearts around the world. By Char Adams / NBC News
Two Chefs On Keeping Alive, And Redefining, Soul Food. By Korsha Wilson /NYT
The Exhibit That Reveals Toni Morrison’s Obsessions. By Syreeta McFadden / The Atlantic
‘Little Richard: I Am Everything’ Review: The Nitty-Gritty Beyond ‘Tutti Frutti.’ By Ben Kenigsberg / NYT
A new docuseries explores the Black Panther who shaped Tupac: His mom. By DeNeen L. Brown / Wash Post
Black Music Sunday: Celebrating Shakespeare’s birthday with jazz. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
‘Abbott Elementary’ Lets Black Kids Be Kids. By Nicole Achempong / The Atlantic
Zora Neale Hurston’s Hometown in Florida Is in Peril. By Nick Tabor / NYT
How Hip-Hop Has Enhanced American Education Over The Past 50 Years, From Rec Rooms To Classrooms. By Toby Jenkins / The Converstion
The Artist Mark Bradford Is Finally Ready To Go There. By Ismail Muhammad / NYT
Asian And Black Representation Grew In Film And Television, Study Finds. By Variety
Remembering Paul Robeson: ‘I Had No Alternative.’ By Paul Von Blum / The Progressive
How I came to see the beauty in my heritage — and myself. By Ling Ling Huang / Wash Post
