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Tomorrow’s Crop of Black Women Leaders
In Part 3 of our Women’s History Month series on leadership, why the future looks brighter.
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FBI Shuts Down Civil Rights Era Investigations
Agency will let old murder cases stay cold.
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Nearly Half of Black Women Have Herpes
Find out why the government thinks this group has been hit so hard by the disease.
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Basketball’s Forgotten (Black) History
Before the NBA was desegregated, there were the Black Fives.
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Why Are There So Few Black Women Politicians?
In Part 2 of our Women’s History Month series on leadership, the real reasons so few are elected.
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First Same-Sex Marriages Celebrated in D.C.
Mayor Adrian Fenty to attend the weddings of three African-American couples.
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First Same-Sex Marriages Celebrated in D.C.
Mayor Adrian Fenty to attend the weddings of three African-American couples.
The Root Interview: Carol Moseley Braun
If anyone has a notion of what it takes for black women to make it in politics, this former presidential candidate does.
The Root Interview: The Former President of Ghana Speaks Bluntly
Jerry Rawlings says he’s disappointed in many African leaders and in the failure of African countries to work together more closely.
Nearly Half of Black Women Have Herpes
Find out why the government thinks this group has been hit so hard by the disease.
