The New York Times – Music:
The founder of the Dweller festival, now in its third year in New York, started the event to center Black D.J.s and producers, “and imagine what we want.”
Category: Black People
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From Nikita Gale, A Panel Etched with ‘Blood,’ ‘Nerves’ and ‘Knee’
The New York Times – T Magazine:
Nikita Gale’s new series presents a range of words that might be used to describe a human being.
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The Real Surprise of ‘Passing’: A Focus on Black Women’s Inner Lives
The New York Times – Film:
By making the lesbian attraction between the main characters more explicit, the drama moves beyond mainstream Hollywood’s white gaze.
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Jason Jules and The Making of Black Ivy Style
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
A new book examines how Black civil rights leaders, jazzmen, artists and writers rewrote the sartorial codes of a largely white elite.
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The Manny Diaries
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Chapter one: This job is hard. Chapter two: Leaving it is harder.
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The Glory of Nina Mae McKinney, an Early Black Star in White Hollywood
The New York Times – Film:
With the 1929 “Hallelujah!,” the actress shot to stardom. Hollywood made sure she didn’t stay there, as a new Film Forum series shows.
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How Black Horror Became America’s Most Powerful Cinematic Genre
The New York Times – T Magazine:
Films like ‘Us’ and the recent sequel to ‘Candyman’ are part of a much longer tradition of storytelling, one that often wrestles with the gruesome history of racism.
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What a $50 Million Donation Did for One H.B.C.U.
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
At Prairie View A&M, one of the historically Black colleges and universities where MacKenzie Scott donated millions, the mood is cautious optimism.