New & Noteworthy: Black Madonna, Stonewall, and More

Three culture recommendations from our editors.

The left photo is of Christina Cleveland posing in a green dress with her hands folded. In the right photo, Black civil rights activists are gathered in a bar, a scene from the film 'One Night in Miami.'

A Change is Gonna Come

Regina King’s film One Night in Miami is a reflective depiction of Black excellence and the crossroads faced by a generation’s luminaries. Malcolm X, Cassius Clay, Jim Brown, and Sam Cooke consider their callings in this intimate imagining of a night that actually happened. Amazon Studios.

A Way Forward

From Seneca Falls to Stonewall to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons maps the traditions of progressive Christian activism in the U.S. A healing balm and a mobilizing guide, Just Faith: Reclaiming Progressive Christianity invites readers to the co-creation of a just world. Broadleaf Books.

Divine Disruptor

She Who Cannot Be Shamed, Tamed, or Contained, by Christena Cleveland, offers art and writings drawing on the history of the Black Madonna—“She Who Is Unapologetically Black.” Cleveland’s e-book, in dethroning “whitemalegod” from our collective psyche, helps to free us all. ChristenaCleveland.com.

This appears in the January 2021 issue of Sojourners