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by Edmund Newton onJanuary 13, 2012
One of the first black Marines, Theodore Peters, tells The Root why he still serves his community after all these years.
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by Kellee Terrell onNovember 11, 2011
Katori Hall explains how she reimagines history in her new Broadway play, The Mountaintop.
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August 27, 2011
Unity: Journalists of Color, Inc. has invited the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association to join the coalition, reversing its position that the alliance would include only the "journalists of color" groups.
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by Gary Lee onAugust 7, 2011
Next stop on the Black Bucket List: The birthplace of the civil rights movement. Think you know the history? Think again.
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by Benjamin Todd Jealous onApril 3, 2011
Forty-three years to the day after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s slaying, those who fight for social and economic justice still face real threats to their safety and rights, says the NAACP's president.
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by Lynette Holloway onMarch 31, 2011
Today's national Day of Solidarity with Wisconsin's union workers comes on the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s slaying. It's a fitting tribute.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onJanuary 31, 2011
Son of civil rights icon wants a stake in the New York Mets.
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by Erin E. Evans onJanuary 16, 2011
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January 13, 2011
The civil rights movement birthed not only great leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., but also scores of songs that will live on to tell the various stories of black America's inspiration, provocation and often disappointment through the years. Here are some of our favorite songs -- old and new -- that embody what King was all about.
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by E.R. Shipp onDecember 19, 2010
It was never a powerful monolith but, rather, a wide range of groups with different styles and -- usually -- common goals. Many movement veterans say that approach could work again.
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