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  • Celebrities in Playboy: Past and Present

    Check out the black celebrities who have posed for Playboy magazine over the years. In other news: Why Obama’s Black Critics Are Wrong

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  • Howard vs. Morehouse: A Slide Show

    Flanked by fellow H.U. contestants Theo Hollingsworth and OC, rapper Trigga Tay reps for H.U. on the mic at The Root’s Rap Battle, which went down Saturday at D.C.’s RFK Stadium, at the official tailgating party for the AT&T Nation’s Football Classic — a gridiron showdown between Howard University and Morehouse College. The finalists, Howard’s…

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  • Howard vs. Morehouse: The MC Edition

    Be sure not to miss these MCs battling it out on the mic at The Root’s AT&T Nation’s Football Classic Rap Battle on Saturday, Sept. 10, from noon to 12:45 p.m. MCs from both schools will go head-to-head in a 45-minute freestyle battle during the Pepsi Max Fan Festival on the AT&T Soundstage at RFK Stadium.…

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  • Obama: Jobs Plan 'Isn't Class Warfare'

    If you saw President Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress Thursday evening, then you probably noticed that a certain spark was back as he laid out his plan for creating jobs. Infrastructure projects and tax credits were among its features, but he pushed back on the notions that high-income Americans shouldn’t pay more…

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  • The Root's Howard-Morehouse Rap Battle

    This weekend, Howard and Morehouse will battle it out on the football field, but be sure not to miss them also battle it out on the mic at The Root’s Nation’s Football Classic Rap Battle. On Saturday, Sept. 10, from noon to 12:45 p.m., MCs from both schools will go head-to-head in a 45-minute freestyle…

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  • Obama Talks Tough to GOP on Jobs

    The president chose Labor Day to promise to challenge Republicans on jobs. Addressing a large crowd of union members in Detroit, Obama promised to put a jobs program before Republicans this Thursday. “We’re going to give them a plan and say, ‘Do you want to create jobs? … Show us what you’ve got.” Last Friday’s…

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  • AUDIO: Clyburn Talks Tokenism

    Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), who was the sole African American named to the “super committee” charged with cutting $1.5 trillion from the federal deficit, chatted with Tavis Smiley on his radio show today and told him the following about his place on the committee: “Well, that is tokenism. My Lord, I’m 71 years old, Tavis.…

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  • Remembering Brig. Gen. Melvin L. Byrd

    Sadly, the military community has lost a decorated veteran with a distinguished career. Retired Brig. Gen. Melvin L. Byrd, 75, passed away last Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011, after a period of illness.He was a graduate of Booker T. Washington High School, Suffolk, Va., Howard University, and Babson College, where he earned an MBA. His military…

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  • Buy the Ultimate KING T-Shirt

    Celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. by wearing a limited edition T-shirt that illustrates his “thinKING, peacemaKING, groundbreaKING” way of life, designed and produced exclusively by The Root. These stylish and comfortable V-necks are made from American Apparel fine jersey T-shirts. What You’ll Get: * A soft, fine jersey T-shirt made of 100…

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  • VIDEO: Alphas' Private Ceremony at MLK Memorial

    Members of Alpha Phi Alpha, the oldest black Greek fraternity and the force behind the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial, held a private ceremony at the memorial Friday in honor of King, who joined the fraternity as a student at Morehouse College in the 1940s. They were joined by Merlie Evers-Williams, the widow…

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