“Jazz. Covers. Politics: Album Art in an Age of Activism” is an
exhibition at The Nathan Cummings Foundation in New York City featuring
more than 175 jazz album covers, actual covers along with some
reproductions, that “make the politics visible.” Here, writer Clarence Reynolds reviews the exhibit.
Angela Davis, in reality, has been free from jail since 1972. But that
was a generation ago and filmmaker Shola Lynch in her riveting
documentary “Free Angela Davis (And All Political Prisoners)” recounts
those turbulent times when Davis was hunted, captured, and tried for her
alleged involvement in a shootout in a courtroom in San Rafael,
California, in 1970.
Maya Angelou’s fans began arriving and assembling at the Union Square
Barnes and Noble hours before her seven o’clock appearance on Tuesday.
As early as 4pm, the fourth floor was filled to capacity—more than 250
people—and the store’s security at the escalator blocked any more from
ascending. The famed writer was in town to promote her latest book “Mom & Me
& Mom,” which is mainly about the years she spent reconciling with
her mother.
