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Coast to Coast: Black Stars Stunned on Bicoastal Carpets This Weekend
Both the 2021 Tony Awards and the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Opening Gala boasted a bevy of Black excellence in attendance.
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‘This Isn’t About Good People or Bad People’: The Root Presents: It’s Lit! Explores The Purpose of Power With Alicia Garza
The Black Lives Matter co-founder and Black Futures Lab founder puts our present moment in context with a riveting retracing of her own path to activism.
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The Root Institute 2021: Black Women, Are We Thriving or Simply Surviving the Workplace?
Black women are among the most educated demographics but remain among the most vulnerable in the workplace. How do we translate our dynamism to power at work?
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The Root Institute 2021: Does a New ‘Black Renaissance’ Mean We Can Be Critical of Our Art?
2020 MacArthur Fellow Tressie McMillan Cottom on the white and Black gaze, the necessity of critique and the dangers of indiscriminate adulation.
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Sephora’s Got a Sample Set for Us, by Us
Making the most of its commitment to the 15 Percent Pledge, the beauty emporium is offering a kit of Black-owned beauty favorites—including some major names.
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If Anyone Can Get You Hype for Shakespeare, Denzel Can
The trailer for Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth dropped Tuesday, building anticipation for Washington’s cinematic chemistry with Frances McDormand.
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The Root Institute 2021: Tarana Burke’s New Memoir Unbound Retraces the Birth of a Movement
The founder and leader of the Me Too movement retraces her steps in a deeply vulnerable and moving memoir under Oprah’s imprint.
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Sarah Dash, Co-Founder of Labelle, Dead at 76
The singer, songwriter and actress died unexpectedly, only days after making a surprise onstage appearance with former bandmate Patti LaBelle.
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The Prosecution Rests Its Case in R. Kelly Trial; Defense Begins to Present Witnesses
The prosecution called 45 witnesses—including 11 accusers—over the course of five weeks of testimony thus far in Brooklyn, N.Y., federal court.
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Vivrant Things: Our Stars Kept It Bright and Brilliant at the 2021 Emmys
The acting winners were exclusively white, but color won the night on the Emmys red carpet—and Jurnee Smollett wore a stylish tribute to Michael K. Williams.
