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The Root's Faves: The Poetry Edition
June 27, 1872-Feb. 9, 1906 “We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes, — This debt we pay to human guile; With torn and bleeding hearts we smile, And mouth with myriad subtleties.” Excerpted from “We Wear the Mask” Feb. 1, 1902-May 22, 1967 “What happens to…
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Re-Enacting a Bloody Past
Civil War re-enactor Malcolm Beech poses with an Abe Lincoln impersonator. Photos courtesy of Malcolm Beech. Captions by The Root’s editorial staff. Bernard George, Malcolm Beech and Harvey Gooding. These re-enactors bear the colors of a unit from the U.S. Colored Troops (yes, that’s what they were called). The U.S. Colored Troops had men on horseback…
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An Atlanta Evening for Charity
Entrepreneur Barry Jones and CAbi fashion consultant Keli Jones attend the gala for the 60th anniversary of the Atlanta chapter of Jack and Jill. All photographs by Kimberly O’Hara Evans From left: Dan Gardner, Wilmington Trust; Lovette Russell, member of the Atlanta chapter; and Lowell Lea, chef. Donna Lowry Reid — a member of the…
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Elizabeth Catlett's Enduring Art
2008, black marble, 23.50 x 11.50 x 8 inches. Photos courtesy of the June Kelly Gallery, New York. 2009, mahogany, 38.25 x 11.75 x 11.50 inches. 1997, terra-cotta, 15.75 x 8.25 x 11.50 inches. 2007, orange onyx, 17 x 10 x 9 inches. 2008, patinated bronze, 31.5 x 10.25 x 9.5 inches.
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Life After Blaxploitation: Celebrity Updates
As the writer, producer, director and star of Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (1971), a film about a black man fleeing the law, Van Peebles is considered the godfather of the blaxploitation genre. At 78, Van Peebles is still hard at work. He’s been the subject of two films: his son Mario Van Peebles’ 2004 film…
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The Best of the British Soul Invasion
No list of British soul singers would be complete without Amy Winehouse. Winehouse made her debut in 2003 with Frank and rose to fame with 2007’s retro-styled Back to Black. Over time she became more well known for her substance abuse and legal woes than for her musical output. Her fans waited with bated breath…
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Sorry Celebrities: Famous Mea Culpas
When Chris Brown stormed off the set of Good Morning America recently, smashing a window and screaming with rage after objecting to Robin Roberts’ questions about his legal issues, everyone knew an apology was coming. But could we have guessed how unapologetic he would sound when he delivered it? Brown appeared on BET’s 106 &…
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In Loleatta's Honor: Top Underground Club Singers
Loleatta Holloway arguably possessed one of the most recognizable voices in disco and house music. Her 1980 collaboration with songwriter-producer Dan Hartman on “Love Sensation” set dance floors on fire. The song — and Holloway’s career — enjoyed a second wind a decade later when it was sampled by both Black Box for “Ride on…
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Top Black Women Techies
President and CEOThe Aerospace Corp. Wherever there’s a federal eye in the sky, Austin knows about it. It’s her job as head of Aerospace, “a leading architect for the nation’s national security space programs” — that and managing 4,000 employees and garnering about $850 million in annual revenues. The native New Yorker has a B.S.…
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