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Matthew Rosenberg
@matthewrosenberg
He conducts an ongoing interrogation about what it all means. What’s black culture? What’s hip-hop? What are the responsibilities of a society and the people in it? And his inquiry isn’t bloodlessly academic, either; there’s something very consequential about his approach.
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson • Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove
creator of the Smithsonian Museum’s “Programs in Black Culture,” and one of the leading authorities on Black American music culture,
Leonard Brown • John Coltrane and Black America's Quest for Freedom: Spirituality and the Music
Photographers
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Zoë Hopkins • The Invisible Presence of Blackness in American Art
Coltrane understood the ways black folks had been stereotyped, ridiculed, and demonized in the United States. He also acknowledged the incredible rich tradition of Black American music and the contribution its artists had made to their own country and to the world. Speaking of Coltrane’s artistic impact, Max Roach said, I heard many things in what
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