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On Screen & In the Pulpit
We’ve talked about mega-church pastors across the country, the high rollers in the pulpit. We’re still waiting to see if the Obamas will claim a church home in Washington. And it’s been a year since Jeremiah Wright’s name was rolling off our tongues in political conversation. It’s high time we paid respect to the great…
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Is The Game Over for Black Television?
Fans of The Game have been all over the Internet for the past several months, trying to save the canceled CW show with online petitions, Tweets, Facebook-status dedications and e-mail chains lamenting the show’s unceremonious demise. In an effort to save the show, the cast recorded a YouTube video, Change the Game Campaign, to get…
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Sonia Sotomayor Supreme
As he announced her nomination, President Obama praised her as “an inspiring woman” with both the intellect and compassion to interpret the Constitution wisely. If confirmed, Sotomayor will be the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice. Sonia with her mother and father. Sonia in a cap and gown for her eighth grade graduation. This 1976 photograph provided…
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Pulpit Pimps?
Founder of 30,000-member New Birth Missionary Baptist Church just outside of Atlanta. His virulent homophobia and $250,000 Easter services in the Georgia Dome have garnered him yearly pay of up to $5 million and made him a pastor revered by the family of Martin Luther King Jr. Long gives back to the community via his…
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VIDEO: The First Lady Makes Her Rapping Debut
Don’t worry—not at Desiree Rogers’ spoken word jam last night. If we thought black comics would forget how to be funny now that we have a black president, boy were we wrong. (See Sykes, Wanda and Foxx, Jamie.) And now, enter Alphacat, one of YouTube’s most viewed black comedians, whom The Root featured last week…
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Hammerin' Hank
On April 8, 1974, Aaron and the Braves faced the Dodgers in a nationally televised game; in the fourth inning, during his second at bat, he hit his 715th record-breaking home run. Aaron didn’t consider himself a celebrity athlete. But what he lacked in flash and charisma, he made up for it with his performance at bat. For…
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Googling ‘The Wire’
I can hear ringing in my ears. Red tops! Red tops! Got that WMD! This constant feeling of emptiness and willingness to do anything to get a fix. Wait. Am I delirious? This must be what withdrawal feels like. All this coming from someone who just finished watching The Wire DVD box set. I can…
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What Should Happen to Chris?
“I think he should not go to prison, where there are already too many black men and where he may come out worse than when he went in. Rather I think he should be rehabilitated by sentencing him to at least a year of house arrest, except for 10 hours a day of community service,…
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And the Oscar Went To…
Slumdog Millionaire, starring Dev Patel and Freida Pinto, directed by Danny Boyle. Sean Penn, Milk Kate Winslet, The Reader Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona After several rounds of chemotherapy last year, Robin Roberts looked gorgeous as she co-hosted the pre-Oscars show on ABC. One of the best moments of the red-carpet…
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You Got Robbed!
Best Supporting Actress in 1959 Imitation of Life Remember how Miss Lora (Lana Turner) cried over Annie’s (Juanita Moore) death bed? And how Mahalia Jackson sang “Trouble of the World” at her funeral? Winner: Shelley Winters, The Diary of Anne Frank Best Supporting Actress in 1985, Whoopi Goldberg “I’m poor, black, I might even be…
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