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What Black High School Grads Need to Hear
Show Me the Numbers: Graduation speakers often opt for tough love. Here's what they should say instead.
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10 Pieces of Advice for Postcollege Life
She Matters: This writer wishes someone had told her these things at her commencement.
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Celebrating Race in the Renaissance
Image of the Week: What's the meaning behind this 16th-century cameo featuring a black and a white face?
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IRS Apology for Tea Party Racists?
If any other group called for the government's demise, the GOP would have a fit.
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The Warmth of Other Suns: Images of Black History
Wilkerson called the Great Migration a "defection" from a totalitarian system of racial repression.
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Kanye West's Top 10 Most Egocentric Moments
Kanye West's ego is larger than his Louis Vuitton luggage collection. What makes him so entertaining is that he's not at all afraid to show it! Check out our all-time favorite pleas for attention by the mega-star rapper.
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The Women Behind 'For Colored Girls'
Tyler Perry got the last word when it came to For Colored Girls, but powerful black women have played integral roles in the play's journey from stage to screen.
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Black Celebrity Halloween Costumes 2010
Celebrities took to the streets over the weekend in their Halloween finery. Click through our gallery to see some of our stars' creative costumes.
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Images of 'The Rally to Restore Sanity'
Comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert held "The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" on Saturday. Take a look at some of the performers.
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Treasured Black Books Adapted for Film
For Colored Girls, Tyler Perry's adaptation of Ntozake Shange's famous play, has been met with resistance from fans of the choreopoem. But it's not the first celebrated written work-turned-movie that critics feel should have been left alone.
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Halloween in a Not-So-Post-Racial America: 10 Costumes That Blew Our Minds
The spookiest thing going on this October is that someone thought these get-ups were OK.
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GALLERY: Looking Back on the Million Man March
Fifteen years ago, hundreds of thousands of men descended upon the nation's capital under the leadership of Minister Louis Farrakhan for the Million Man March. Take a look back at that historic -- and controversial -- day in photos.
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Contemporary African Artists Get Center Stage
Europeans embraced traditional African art early, but they have been cool to modern-day creations. An unprecedented auction of art from the African Diaspora in Paris on Oct. 24 could change minds -- and raise prices.
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Capital Connections: Out and About in Washington
Nicole Venable is The Root's connection to the social and political scene inside the Beltway, offering commentary and exclusive photos from Washington's key events.
