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Actor Michael Jace Gets 40 to Life for Killing His Wife
Actor Michael Jace was sentenced Friday to 40 years to life in prison for the fatal shooting of his wife, April Jace, in April 2014, People magazine reports. Jace is best known for his role as Julien Lowe, the straight-shooting officer struggling with his sexuality, in FX’s highly acclaimed series The Shield. The 53-year-old actor…
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Watch: Steph Curry Calls His Ugly Shoes ‘Fire’ After Game 4 Win
After redeeming himself and his team, the Golden State Warriors, by winning Game 4 in the NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers, league MVP Steph Curry got to talking about the shoes that have been keeping the internets guffawing since their debut. In the postgame press conference, after being asked about the shoes, the baby-faced…
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Rachel Dolezal Spotted on Howard U’s Campus Filming Doc on Race
Our favorite race imposter, Rachel Dolezal, is back. And she reared her fuzzy head on Howard University’s campus on Thursday. Maya Cade, editor of A Tribe Called News, a Howard-based news site for millennial POCs, captured Dolezal with her baby in a snuggy on the yard, and another social media sleuth snapped the embattled fake black…
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White Privilege Isn’t Tainting the Criminal-Justice System. It Is the Criminal-Justice System
A lot of people are saying that white privilege is rampant within the criminal-justice system. Let me correct that. White privilege is the criminal-justice system. And the recent case involving a privileged college student convicted of sexual assault with a whiny father is just one of many of white men getting the benefit of the…
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Alvin Ailey Dance Theater Kicks Off Its Spring Season With ‘Spirit’
June in New York City means a lot of things, but it is also the official kickoff to the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s spring season at Lincoln Center. As in the past, the season began with a star-studded Ailey Spirit Gala (pdf) Wednesday in midtown Manhattan. The evening was a night to remember for attendees, who were greeted…
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A Nude Snapchat Video and Cyberbullying Lead to Teen’s Suicide
A Florida teenager committed suicide last week because of cyberbullying. Tovanna Holton, 15, was recorded by a “friend” while bathing, according to the Daily Beast. Without Tovanna’s permission, the friend uploaded the video to Snapchat, where viewers took screenshots and began to post the images on other social media platforms. One of the viewers was…
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Watch: Live Coverage of Muhammad Ali’s Funeral
The world was saddened by the June 4 death of boxing icon and humanitarian Muhammad Ali. The boxer was 74 years old and left behind a legacy unsurpassed. Watch, below, TV One’s live coverage of the funeral as a nation says goodbye:
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Bill Clinton Speaking at Muhammad Ali’s Funeral Is the Corporate Co-Optation of an Icon
In life, and now in death, Muhammad Ali cut a swashbuckling, larger-than-life figure. Three days of celebration for Ali will culminate in a public funeral service led by former President Bill Clinton on Friday in Louisville, Ky., representing an ironic high point in the nation’s relationship with black radicalism. A black power icon and anti-war…
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How Do I Research My Kin’s Jamaican Origins?
My great-grandparents migrated from Jamaica. I have everyone’s name but no other information about them. Can you tell me more about their origins and how to research Jamaican ancestors in the 19th century? My great-grandfather was Arthur Ephraim Campbell, born May 20, 1879, in Jamaica. He died April 17, 1936, in Roxbury, Mass. His parents…
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Watch: Studio Sessions at The Root Featuring Abiah
Abiah is a seasoned artist and a self-proclaimed vocal beast. With his five-and-a-half-octave range (the artist’s voice could practically shatter glass) and pitch-perfect tone, we think he’s worthy of the title. Abiah and his band took to the Studio Sessions stage to serenade all who would listen with two songs from his album Bottles: “Little…
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