The New York Times – Music:
The artists incorporate the history of the Lincoln Center and San Juan Hill, the largely Black and Puerto Rican neighborhood displaced by the performing arts complex.
Category: Black People
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He Gave Up Football for NASCAR. Then He Changed the Sport.
The New York Times – Sports:
Dion Williams, who is Black and goes by the nickname Rocko, has helped upend the perception of who belongs in NASCAR.
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JAM, a Gate-Crashing Gallery, Expanded the Idea of Blackness
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
In the hardscrabble New York of the ‘70s, Just Above Midtown Gallery created a model for an art world to come. At MoMA, that experiment has plenty of life.
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Suzan-Lori Parks Is on Broadway, Off Broadway and Everywhere Else
The New York Times – Music:
The first African American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in drama has four shows this season. “If you can hear the world singing, it’s your job to write it down,” she said.
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He Inherited a New Orleans Jazz Institution. What Does He Owe?
The New York Times – Music:
In the 1960s, Ben Jaffe’s family founded Preservation Hall to help keep a defining Black art form alive. In 2022, that’s a complicated part for a white musician to play.
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The Return of Midnight Basketball and Its Oakland Community
The New York Times – Sports:
A once-politicized program has made a comeback, and its organizers hope it can give young Black men a place to escape a troubled city.
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Hector Lopez, Who Broke a Baseball Color Barrier, Dies at 93
The New York Times – Sports:
A utility player for the powerhouse Yankees of the 1960s, he was named manager of the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons, becoming the first Black manager at minor league baseball’s highest level.
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Wendell Pierce Steps Into ‘Death of a Salesman’
The New York Times – Film:
A Broadway revival of “Death of a Salesman” has a Black lead for the first time, giving Pierce a chance to step into a role he was “born to play.”
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Whoopi Goldberg Will Not Shut Up Thank You Very Much
The New York Times – Film:
No matter how often she gets into trouble, she refuses to hold anything back.