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    Check out The Root’s My Family Reunion guide for great recipe ideas and much more!

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  • The Root Recommends: '33 Revolutions Per Minute'

    In the book 33 Revolutions Per Minute, author Dorian Linksy breaks down the fascinating history of protest music. Sometimes the best, most haunting, most chilling music is inspired by political and social movements, and this book does a great job highlighting some of the most memorable protest songs, including Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit,” Nina Simone’s…

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  • The Root Recommends: Euzhan Palcy Career Retrospective

    Martinique-born Euzhan Palcy is the first black woman director to have a film produced by a major studio (for 1989’s A Dry White Season). The Museum of Modern Art in New York City is honoring the flimmaker from May 18-30 with a retrospective of her films. The festival includes her first film, Rue Cases-Nègres (Sugar…

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  • White Teachers Unfit to Teach Black Students?

    Four white teachers in a predominantly black Philadelphia school are suing the principal, charging that he said they were unfit to teach black students, New York’s Daily News reports. A central allegation in the lawsuit is that Principal Charles Ray forced the four teachers to read an article that said, “White teachers do not have…

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  • The Root Recommends: 'Bridesmaids'

    Much ado has been made in the media about the success of Bridesmaids, a “female gross-out comedy,” and the attention is deserved. The hilarious film is about a broke woman (Kristin Wiig) who is trying to get her life together in the months leading up to the wedding of her best friend (Maya Rudolph), who…

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  • The Root Recommends: Nick Cannon's Comedy Special

    After a 19-year hiatus, actor comic and musician Nick Cannon will return to the stage as a stand-up comedian in his own stand-up special, Mr. Showbiz. In his first-ever comedy special, Cannon says, he will dish about it all: fatherhood, his marriage to one of the most famous women in the world (Mariah Carey), his…

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  • The Root Recommends: The Spring Issue of Jones Magazine

    Spring is upon us, and for the latest in this season’s most coveted beauty products, check out the new spring issue of Jones Magazine, with the stunning Yasmin Warsame on the cover. In addition to staying true to its mission by catering to the fashion and beauty needs and interests of multicultural women, the spring…

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  • The Root Recommends: 'The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl'

    ColorLines recently pointed us in the direction of The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl — ABG for short — about a socially handicapped black woman who finds herself in hilarious situations. The star and creator, Issa Rae, sets her series in various Los Angeles locales, but the best moments take place in the main character’s…

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  • The Root Recommends: 'How Cancer Crossed the Color Line'

    African Americans are quite used to hearing pleas to get cancer-prevention screenings because we’re more likely to develop the disease and/or die from it, but did you know that at one time, cancer was thought to be a “white disease” from which blacks were largely immune? This is one of the revelations to be found…

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