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by E.R. Shipp onDecember 29, 2011
As the opera heads to Broadway as a musical, debate goes on: Is it a relic or still relevant?
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by John McWhorter onMarch 8, 2011
Enough with the talk about Tyler Perry perpetuating racial stereotypes. How is what he's doing any different from the much loved Sanford and Son? There's a reason the man sells out at the box office. It's called commercial entertainment.
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January 2, 2011
As quiet as it's kept, the City of Angels has a rich black literary tradition. As part of The Root's city series, author Rebecca Walker takes a look at the best African-American writers who have called Los Angeles home.
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by Janice C. Simpson onMarch 22, 2010
You expect the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright to serve up strange. (Remember the whiteface Lincoln in Topdog/Underdog?) But being an experimental artist means the experiments don't always work.
