Calls for change

The Revolutionary Theatre, LeRoi Jones / Amiri Baraka (1965)
1000 Words, Arnold J. Kemp
Lift Every Voice: A Conversation Hosted by J’nai Bridges (June 2020)

Individual artistic works

Greenwood Overcomes: Celebrating Black Composers & Opera Stars, Tulsa Opera (2021)
Sweet Land, Home to Ghostly Projections of Another Time
Two Different Stories, Two Different Sets in Sweet Land
‘Sweet Land’ triumphantly moves online. It’s the best ticket in opera right now, Mark Swed
The Oral History of The Scottsboro Boys, Felicia Fitzpatrick (October 2020)
Ringside: A Conversation with the Artists of ‘Champion’ (October 2020)
Outsider art, Callum John Blackmore (June 2020)
James Conlon’s Program Note on “The Anonymous Lover” (November 2020)

Institutional responses

Theater Artists of Color Enumerate Demands for Change, Michael Paulson (July 2020)
#passthebaton (July 2020)
Bay Area theater artists of color demand bold steps toward racial justice in online documents, Lily Janiak (September 2020)
Orchestras are Rushing to Add Black Composers. Will it Last?, Joshua Barone (October 2020)
Are art museums still racist? The COVID reset, Carolina Miranda (October 2020)
Expanded Leadership for The Industry: An Artistic Director Collective (November 2020)
The Metropolitan Opera Hires Its First Chief Diversity Officer, Joshua Barone (January 2021)
For Diversity Leaders in the Arts, Getting Hired Is Just the First Step, Robin Pogrebin (January 2021)
Underground Museum in Los Angeles Has Closed, Zachary Small (March 2022)
Long Beach Opera Cancels Stimmung in Wake of Director’s Resignation, Michael Zwiebach (March 2022)
Black Opera Alliance
Asian Opera Alliance
A Black rising star lost his elite orchestra job. He won’t go quietly, Geoff Edgers (May 2024)