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Lena Horne's Life in Images
Sheryl Huggins Salomon is senior editor-at-large of The Root and a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based editorial consultant. Follow her on Twitter. Lena Horne was born in Brooklyn, New York, on June 30, 1917 (she is seen here at Lena Horne Homecoming Day in August 1947). She dropped out of school at 16 to support her ailing mother and joined…
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NAACP Leader Benjamin Hooks Dies
Sheryl Huggins Salomon is senior editor-at-large of The Root and a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based editorial consultant. Follow her on Twitter.
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Benjamin Hooks and the GOP
As the nation mourns the death of civil rights warrior Benjamin Hooks, who lead the NAACP from 1977 to 1992 as executive director, it’s easy to forget one important thing that distinguished him from many civil rights leaders: his close ties to the Republican Party. It was under a Republican administration — Richard Nixon’s —…
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Van Jones Sets the Record Straight
Tonight’s NAACP Image Awards telecast isn’t just about recognizing black Hollywood. The group is giving its President’s Award to Van Jones, the erstwhile national “green jobs czar” who was forced out of the Obama administration last year after he became a lightning rod for right-wing ire. Jones, 41, may be “the most misunderstood man in…
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Rangel Broke Ethics Rules For Island Junkets With CBC Members
The House ethics committee has found that one of Congress’s most powerful black lawmakers violated House rules, but didn’t know it. Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Charlie Rangel (D, New York) violated House rules by failing to properly disclose financial details of trips to the Caribbean, according to senior congressional officials on Thursday. The…
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Interview: NAACP's New Chair, Roslyn Brock
This afternoon the NAACP elected its youngest board chair in history: health care advocacy professional Roslyn Brock. Though only 44 years old, the native Floridian is already a 25-year veteran of the civil rights organization. Most recently NAACP vice chair, Brock is a protégé of the outgoing chairman, civil rights legend Julian Bond. Bond is…
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