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Why this writer chronicles uncompromising black artists

Clip: 2/4/2016 | 2m 58s

Why this writer chronicles uncompromising black artists

She's written about Jimi Hendrix, Toni Morrison and Dave Chappelle, but essayist and critic Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah says she's more interested in the moments that these legends have been true to themselves. Ghansah offers her Brief but Spectacular take on fearlessness and black art.

02/04/2016 | Rating NR

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