For the culture
2/8/2024, 6 p.m.
Recommended works and artists in celebration of Black History Month by Richmond Free Press staff members, Part 2
Books
“Harlem Renaissance” by Nathan Irving Huggins
“Devil in a Blue Dress” by Walter Mosley (Easy Rawlins series)
“Ghetto Gastro presents Black Power Kitchen” by Jon Gray, Pierre Serrao and Lester Walker
“Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates
“Song of Solomon” by Toni Morrison
“Washington Black” by Esi Edugyan
“Becoming” by Michelle Obama
Movie
“Get Out"
Documentary
“ Horror Noire : A History of Black Horror”
Artists
Beauford Delaney
Amy Sherald
April Coleman
Books
“The Color Purple” by Alice Walker
“Yellow Wife” by Sadequa Johnson
“Razorblade Tears” by S.A. Cosby
“Lead Me Home” by Stacy Hawkins Adams
“Truth Tellers: The Power and Presence of Black Women Journalists Since 1960” by Bonnie Newman Davis
Movies
“The Color Purple” (1985)
“The Color Purple” (2023)
“Django Unchained”
“Eve’s Bayou”
“Harlem Nights”
Artists
Kehinde Wiley
Ernie Barnes
Jacob Lawrence
Joy Labinjo
Music
Prince
Jon Batiste
H.E.R.
Karla E. Peters
Book
“Black Hollywood: Reimagining Iconic Movie Moments” by Carell Augustus
Music
Ledisi sings Nina
Documentary
“Stamped from the Beginning”
Movie
“Rustin”
Sandra Sellars
Book
“The Grift “by Clay Cane
Documentary
“Donyale Luna: SuperModel — first Black woman on cover of Vogue DocuSeries”
“The 1619 Project”
Joyce Thompson
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