Black People – Page 48

Why Nina Simone Was Always Ahead of Her Time

A recently unearthed live version of “Blues for Mama,” written by Simone and Abbey Lincoln in the 1960s, took on domestic abuse in a momentous way.

By Salamishah Tillet

Black People Crying Homosexuality and Bisexuality Music

I’ve Listened to This Breakup Song a Million Times

Why does it feel so good to cry this hard?

By Brontez Purnell

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The History of the Lynching Site Where Jason Aldean Filmed ‘Try That in a Small Town’

Henry Choate, an 18-year-old Black man, was hanged outside the Maury County Courthouse in Tennessee in 1927 after he was falsely accused of attacking a white girl.

By Rebecca Carballo

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Read Your Way Through Salvador

The writer Itamar Vieira Junior says that to “feel the intensity of life on the streets of Salvador” in Bahia, Brazil, a reader must start with Jorge Amado.

By Itamar Vieira Junior and translated by Johnny Lorenz

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