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by Akoto Ofori-Atta onJune 27, 2012
The genre inspired quite the musical renaissance in the late '90s. Let's look at where it is today.
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by Natalie Hopkinson onJune 21, 2012
For Black Music Month, the author of Go-Go Live examines a city's cultural heartbeat.
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by Natalie Hopkinson onJune 21, 2012
For Black Music Month, the author of Go-Go Live examines a city's cultural heartbeat.
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by Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. onJune 12, 2012
Is it fair that Mary, Erykah and Lauryn have been criticized for trying to control their bodies?
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June 8, 2012
This week on The Confab: Join Political Correspondent Cynthia Gordy as she chats with Assistant Editor Akoto Ofori-Atta and contributor David Swerdlick about what Obama's done for black people, a shaky study about black girls and exercise, and black-music memories.
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by Lauren Williams onJune 8, 2012
From Whitney's success to Michael's Bad to rap's greatest beef, here's what happened 25 years ago.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onJune 7, 2012
A video challenges the idea that any genre can be assigned a color.
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June 6, 2012
We go down black-music memory lane and give you a peek into our upcoming coverage.
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July 1, 2011
This week on the Confab: Join Associate Editor Lauren Williams as she chats with Washington reporter Cynthia Gordy and contributor Edward Wyckoff Williams about Van Jones' new political movement, blacks and marriage equality, and wrapping up Black Music Month.
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June 25, 2010
This week on The Confab: Gen. McChrystal gets the boot and President Obama gets tough. What's in store for the administration post-shakeup? Plus, reclaiming rock during Black Music Month. Is the term "black rock" redundant? Join The Root's senior editor Teresa Wiltz as she talks with author of The Upper House and editor-at-large Terence Samuel, staff writer Cord Jefferson and contributor to The Root Rob Fields.
* Podcast production by Abdullah Rufus.
*Podcast theme music by Timothy Morrison.
