The New York Times – Music:
Even by the standards of a music that prizes individuality, he stood out, as both a musician and a personality.
Category: Civil Rights Movement (1954-68)
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New Nike LeBron Shoe Honors MLK Jr. by Evoking Motel Where He Was Killed
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
LeBron James’s new sneaker seeks to honor the civil rights leader with a color palette inspired by the Memphis motel where King was assassinated in 1968.
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May Britt, 91, Dies; Her Marriage to Sammy Davis Jr. Sparked Outrage
The New York Times – Film:
She was a white actress, he was a popular Black entertainer, and their relationship elicited racist reactions in 1960, including from John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign.
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Julie Robinson Belafonte, Dancer, Actress and Activist, Dies at 95
The New York Times – Film:
With the singer Harry Belafonte, she was one half of a celebrated (and sometimes denounced) interracial power couple who pressed the cause of civil rights in the 1960s
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Gylan Kain, a Founder of the Last Poets and a Progenitor of Rap, Dies at 81
The New York Times – Music:
He spun gripping portraits of the Black experience starting in the 1960s with the seminal Harlem spoken-word collective, lay a foundation for what was to come.
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‘Rustin’ and the Civil Rights Leader in Real Life
The New York Times – Film:
The civil rights leader and organizer of the March on Washington is the focus of a new biopic. Here’s how it stacks up against archival images.
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A Malcolm X Opera Is Coming to the Met
The New York Times – Music:
Anthony, Christopher and Thulani Davis collaborated on “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X,” which has its Metropolitan Opera premiere on Friday.
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Len Chandler, an Early Fixture of the Folk Revival, Dies at 88
The New York Times – Music:
A singer who performed alongside Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Pete Seeger, he was known for his topical songs, some of which he wrote in minutes.
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Two Documentaries on School Integration Offer New Views of an Old Problem
The New York Times – Film:
Premiering in September, the films take very different looks at what has and hasn’t changed in the almost 70 years since Brown v. Board of Education.