Culture
Tracee Ellis Ross talks new docuseries ‘The Hair Tales.’ By Jacqueline Laurean Yates / GMA
Killings of rappers are more than just a hip-hop problem, experts say. By Char Adams / NBC News
Black Music Sunday: ¡Feliz cumpleaños! Let’s celebrate Chucho Valdés’ 81st birthday. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Looking at History Through a Black Lens. By Ed Rampell / The Progressive
Black Resilience Finally Gets Its Due in New PBS Documentary. By Angela Johnson / The Root
Aretha Franklin Was Tracked By the FBI for 40 Years. Here’s What’s In Her File. By Jenn Dize and Afeni Evans / Yahoo
Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Charles Fuller dies at 83. By AP and NPR
The Lexicon Origins of People of Color. By Warren Milteer Jr. / AAIHS
‘Till’ Review – Emmett Till Biopic Does the Best It Can With Tough Material. By Kyndall Cunningham / The Daily Beast
Whoopi Goldberg Will Not Shut Up, Thank You Very Much. By Jazmine Hughes / NYT Magazine
Where are the Black musicians in the country’s largest orchestras? By Jeff Lunden / NPR
A New Academy Exhibit Attempts to Atone for Hollywood’s Past. By Ed Rampell / The Progressive Magazine
Pharoah Sanders, giant of spirit-driven jazz, dies at 81. By Andrew Flanagan and Nate Chinen / NPR
Sesame Street’ has its first Black female puppeteer. By Sydney Page / Wash Post
Abbott Elementary’ is the rare sitcom with something for everyone. By Inkoo Kang / Wash Post
Gun violence has killed at least 1 rapper every year since 2018. By Amir Vera / CNN
The Woman King’ Review: She Slays. By Manohla Dargis / NYT
R. Kelly Convicted On Multiple Counts In Child Pornography Trial. By Michael Tarm and Joey Cappelletti / HuffPost
Black Or Bot? The Long, Sordid History Of Co-Opting Blackness Online. By Morgan Jerkins / Mother Jones
The Reactionary Geeks Are Mad About ‘Rings of Power.’ By Adam Serwer / The Atlantic
Black women winning at the 2022 Emmys is more than just a monumental moment in Hollywood. By Char Adams / NBC News
Renowned Jazz Pianist Ramsey Lewis Dead At 87. By AP and HuffPost
Samuel L. Jackson and John David Washington Bring ‘The Piano Lesson’ Back to Broadway. By Tony Norman / Vanity Fair
‘Sidney’ Tackles The Not-So-Comfortable Conversations About A Black Cinema Icon. By Candice Frederick / HuffPost
Zora Neale Hurston Is for Everyone. By Ibram X. Kendi / The Atlantic
Jordan Peele’s Extraterrestrial Americana. By Stephen Kearse / The Nation
