Culture
Why Toni Morrison Books Are Frequent Targets of Book Bans. By Olivia B. Waxman / Time
It’s Time To Shed Light On Black Americans’ Contributions To The Coffee Industry. By Garin Pirnia / HuffPost
ABC’s ‘Abbott Elementary’ and the mockumentary genre are a match made in TV heaven. By Sarah John / NBC News
Family trees fill in the gaps for Black people seeking their ancestral roots. By Curtis Bunn / NBC News
Lorraine Hansberry was ahead of her time. By Wendy Smith / Wash Post
My Young Mind Was Disturbed by a Book. It Changed My Life. By Viet Thanh Nguyen / NYT
Sundance Film Festival Brings Racial Justice to the Big Screen. By Asher Luberto / The Progressive
Let’s hear it for the doo-wop girl groups: Their songs of love and heartbreak shaped a generation. By Denise Oliver-Velez / Daily Kos
In memory of Paul Robeson, the man whose voice they tried to silence. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
How the brilliant André Leon Talley got sidelined. By Karen Attiah / Wash Post
New Tupac Shakur exhibit, ‘Wake Me When I’m Free,’ looks at the revolution that created the revolutionary. By Justin Tinsley / The Undefeated
‘Abbott Elementary’ gets an ‘A’ in its first season. By David Dennis Jr. / The Undefeated
André Leon Talley Has Died At 73. By Emilia Petrarca / New York Mag
Bullerengue Legend Petrona Martinez Continues To Inspire. By Julyssa Lopez / Rolling Stone
Let us rejoice today with music honoring and celebrating the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Lionel Richie to receive Gershwin Prize for pop music. Jonathan Landrum Jr / PBS
Denzel Washington wants viewers to look past Macbeth’s race. By Arturo Conde / NBC News
In Zora Neale Hurston’s Essays, the Nonfiction of a Nonconformist. By Dwight Garner / NYT
Anita Hill hits genealogy ‘lottery’ on ‘Finding Your Roots. By Claretta Bellamy / NBC News
The Power of Reclaiming My Asian Name. By Marian Chia-Ming Liy / Wash Post
The Vitality of Black Criticism. By Daphne A. Brooks / NYT
In Search of the Black Utopia. By Brent Staples / NYT
“Women of the Movement,” though imperfect, gives life to Emmett Till’s story. By Melanie McFarland / Salon
Sidney Poitier Gave More Than He Was Given. By Samantha N. Sheppard / The Atlantic
The Next Season of Shonda Rhimes Starts Now. By Judy Berman / Time
Janet Jackson Responds To Michael Jackson’s Child Molestation Charges In Upcoming Film. By David Moye / HuffPost
Every stitch tells a story: A Black quilter confronts injustice. By Jingnan Peng / CSM
Film honors African American women who were ‘Rosie the Riveters’ during World War II. By Dana Hedgpeth / Wash Post
Let us make a musical resolution to lift our voices in harmony in this New Year. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding: a dream collaboration for ‘Iphigenia’. By Sharon Brooks / The Undefeated
