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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onSeptember 13, 2011
As a teen, this biracial writer came to terms with her black identity with a little help from 'Pac.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onSeptember 9, 2011
Members of Shakur's former rap group say it's what he would have wanted and dismiss negative media spin.
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September 9, 2011
From posthumous albums to sighting hoaxes, rapper Tupac Shakur is still on the pop-culture radar 15 years after his death on September 13, 1996. The mystique and the music live on.
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June 23, 2011
From Journal-isms: The National Association of Black Journalists received reports that there are fewer or no people of color working as journalists at some Gannett newspapers. Plus: Emerge Magazine re-emerges, and Sharpton-West rematch to take place.
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April 22, 2011
In honor of National Poetry Month, The Root's staff shares a few of our favorite stanzas from black poets, from old school (Hughes, Dunbar) to new school (Tupac).
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by Lawrence C. Ross Jr. onNovember 4, 2010
The hip-hop journalist steps behind the camera for her debut documentary, Black August.
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June 16, 2010
Rap legend Tupac Shakur would have turned 39 today. We remember him through his music.
