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The Surprise in Cory Booker's Family Tree
The Root caught up with Newark, N.J. mayor Cory Booker at a screening of an episode of the new PBS series Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr. at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. Booker is featured in an episode of the series where Henry…
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Henry Louis Gates Jr. on His Love for Genealogy
The Root was on location at a screening of an episode of the new PBS series Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr. at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. Before the screening, Gates told us the story of how he was bitten by the genealogy…
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Voices From the Million Hoodie March
At the Million Hoodie March, a protest to end racial profiling, thousands flooded New York City’s Union Square Wednesday evening wearing hooded sweatshirts in honor of Trayvon Martin, a Florida teen who was unarmed and wearing a hoodie when he was fatally shot on Feb. 26. Rallygoers expressed their concerns and anger about the horrors…
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Hear Trayvon's Mom: 'Our Son Is Your Son'
The parents of slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin addressed hundreds of protesters gathered in New York City’s Union Square on Wednesday evening. We made an audio recording of their brief remarks to those gathered for what organizers called a “Million Hoodie March.” “George Zimmerman took Trayvon’s life profiling him. My son did not deserve to…
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Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
