Culture
This Girl Was Bullied For Her Skin Color. Now She’s A Badass Model – Cavan Sieczkowski / Huff Post
Moonlight: Barry Jenkins’s beautiful, sympathetic film is one of the best of the year – Bill Leitch / New Republic
Singer Aaron Neville’s Rough Road to Salvation – Jacob Blickenstaff / Mother Jones
The triumph of Chuck Berry: At 90, the rock pioneer has a new album on the horizon – Scott Timberg / Salon
Stevie Wonder’s ‘Songs in the Key of Life’ Turns 40: The Masterpiece That Captured Every Color of Life – Stereo Williams / The Daily Beast
The Philospher and Her Camera – Ava DuVernay – Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah / New Republic
‘Queen of Katwe’ Review: Inspirational Chess Movie Is Feel-Good Checkmate – Peter Travers / Rolling Stone Video
The Life and Loves of a Young Obama – Brandon Harris / New Republic
Past Voices – Powerful Poem About Race Gets A Full Page In The New York Times – Maddie Crum / Huff Post
A Breakthrough Showcase For Black Filmmaking At The Toronto Film Festival – Bilal Qureshi / NPR
How Amos ’n’ Andy Paved the Way for Black Stars on TV – Aisha Harris / Slate
8 Ways Tupac Shakur Changed the World – Mosi Reeves / Rolling Stone
Russell Simmons says Hollywood is ‘self-segregated’ and ‘lacks culture’ – Kady Phillips / Blavity
No compromises, no regrets – Larry Wilmore and the price of “Keeping it 100″ – Melanie McFarland / Salon
The Essentials of Brazilian Music for Olympic Listening – Jon Pareles et. al. / NYT
Ripping the Veil : Slave narratives have always been popular—and predictable. Can a new generation rewrite the rules? Brit Bennett / New Republic
How Artists Change the World – (Frederick Douglass) – David Brooks / NYT
The Legend of Tarzan Movie – A Review / Glenn Kenny for Roger Ebert.com
Jesse Williams’ Speech On Racism At The BET Awards Was Absolute Fire – Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani / Thinkprogress
‘Free State Of Jones’ Challenges Our Misconceptions About The Civil War And Reconstruction-era South – Steven Hahn / Huff Post
Defining, and Proclaiming, a New Black Power – Wesley Morris / NYT
A Confederate Dissident, in a Film With Footnotes – Jennifer Schuessler / NYT
Tonys Makes History When Actors Of Color Sweep Musical Categories – Katherine Brooks / Huff Post
How to learn more about slavery after watching the new ‘Roots’ – Anthea Butler / Wash Post
Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome and Intergenerational Trauma: Slavery is Like a Curse Passing Through the DNA of Black People – David Love / Atlblackstar
‘O.J.: Made in America’: Inside ESPN’s Definitive Simpson Doc – James Montgomery / Rolling Stone
