Roxanne Jones

Apr 4, 2024 | phillytrib.com | Roxanne Jones

Country music runs deep in the blood of Black folks. And Beyoncé’s bold, brilliant new album “Act II: Cowboy Carter” is no exception to those musical roots. Instead, it is a continuation, or a reclamation, if you will, of the deep connection that Black Americans have to country music in this country and beyond. It was from Africa that the banjo, the signature instrument of country music, arrived on our nation’s shores.

Mar 31, 2024 | flipboard.com | Roxanne Jones

Mar 30, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Roxanne Jones

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Mar 30, 2024 | cnn.com | Roxanne Jones

Editor’s Note: Roxanne Jones, a founding editor of ESPN The Magazine and former vice president at ESPN, has been a producer, reporter and editor at the New York Daily News and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Jones is co-author of “Say it Loud: An Illustrated History of the Black Athlete.” She talks politics, sports and culture weekly on Philadelphia’s 900AM WURD. The views expressed here are her own. Read more opinion on CNN. Country music runs deep in the blood of Black folks.

Sep 21, 2023 | phillytrib.com | Roxanne Jones

CNN — Coco Gauff has been crowned America’s new tennis darling after her amazing US Open championship win against Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus. Everyone is giddy, from tennis talking heads to her adoring fans, celebrities, even President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama. And most of us can’t help but compare this 19-year-old phenom to the greatest of all time, Serena Williams, who won her first of a career six US Open singles championships at just 17 years old.