Culture
The Black Director Who Should Have Won an Oscar – Gil Troy / The Daily Beast
News flash! The Oscars are still so white. Just take a look at the most excluded group – Deena Zaru / CNN
African rhythms, ideas of sin and the Hammond organ: A brief history of gospel music’s evolution – Robert Stephens / The Conversation
Black Hair’s Blockbuster Moment – Tiya Miles / NYT
How ‘Strange Fruit’ Killed Billie Holiday – Brandon Weber / The Progressive
The “Black National Anthem” May Be More Patriotic Than “The Star Spangled Banner” – Brandon E. Patterson / Mother Jones
‘Annihilation’ and Hollywood’s Erasure of Asians – Karen Han / Daily Beast
The Tragedy of Erik Killmonger – Adam Serwer / The Atlantic
What The Heck Is Afrofuturism? Jamie Broadnax / HuffPost
Why ‘Black Panther’ Is a Defining Moment for Black America – Carvell Wallace / NYT
‘Black Panther’ Brings Hope, Hype and Pride – Salamishah Tillet / NYT
‘Black Panther’ Is Ready To Take Dark-Skinned Actresses (And Colorism) Seriously – Clarkisha Kent / HuffPost
Chadwick Boseman Reflects On Past Experiences With Racism – Carol Kuruvilla / HuffPost
‘Black Panther’ first reactions: It’s ‘astonishing,’ ‘iconic’ and ‘will save blockbusters’ – Andrea Mandell / USA Today
Hugh Masekela, South African Jazz Giant, Dead at 78 – Jon Bilistein / Rolling Stone
“Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart”: An absorbing portrait of an activist’s soul – Melanie McFarland / Salon
Behind the scenes of ‘Black Lightning’ reveals the intersection of race, social justice and culture – Gianina Thompson / The Undefeated
Lena Waithe’s ‘The Chi’ Is a Sublime Portrait of Black Life in Chicago – Ira Madison III / Daily Beast
Dave Chappelle has a message for ‘poor white’ Trump supporters – Eugene Scott / Wash Post
The Holiday Brilliance of Donny Hathaway’s “This Christmas” – Emily Lordi / The New Yorker
Why 2017 was R&B’s return to glory – Rachel Leah / Salon
The Best Jazz Albums of 2017 plus the best historical releases – Fred Kaplan / Slate
African Ancestry Inc.: Telling black folks where they’re from – Jason Reid / The Undefeated
It’s Time to Take Tiffany Haddish Seriously as an Oscar Contender – Ira Madison III / Daily Beast
As Confederate Statues Fall, What Should Replace Them? – Aviva Kemper / NYT
A Mixed-Race Royal Couple? It Wouldn’t Be the First – Monica Drake / NYT
Spike Lee: Why I Turned ‘She’s Gotta Have It’ Into a TV Series – Tim Grierson / Rolling Stone
Colin Kaepernick and the Legacy of the Negro National Anthem – Brent Staples / NYT
‘Mudbound’ Provides a Timely, Unflinching Portrait of America’s Racist Past – Ira Madison III / Daily Beast
James Baldwin and Richard Avedon’s divided states – Steven W. Thrasher / The Guardian
