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Images of a Dedication: The MLK Memorial
Dr. Christine King Farris, sister of Martin Luther King Jr., waves after speaking at the dedication ceremony for the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial on the National Mall, Oct. 16, 2011, in Washington, D.C. President Barack Obama, entertainers, civil rights leaders and others attended the ceremony to formally dedicate the memorial to the civil…
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Tackling Infant Mortality Among Blacks
Infant mortality rates in Allegheny County, Pa., which includes Pittsburgh, are higher than in China or Mexico, reports the New York Times, in an article that focuses on efforts to reduce the death rate. The infant mortality rate in the United States has long been near the bottom of the world’s industrialized countries. The nation’s…
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Live Tweet: MLK Memorial Dedication
Join The Root this Sunday, Oct. 16, at 8 a.m. as we live-tweet the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial dedication ceremony from West Potomac Park in Washington, D.C. The ceremony will begin with Morning Joy, an hourlong program hosted by Roland S. Martin. President Barack Obama will deliver an address at the dedication program,…
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Remembering Derrick Bell
Lani Guinier, Bennett Boskey Professor of Law, Harvard Law School You would always get straight talk from professor Derrick Bell. When I was a young lawyer, barely six years out of law school, I was at a crossroads. I could stay in the U.S. Department of Justice and take a position in the criminal section…
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Nas: Winehouse Song Was About Me
Three months after Amy Winehouse’s death, and after plenty of speculation on the topic, Nas confirmed to XXLMag that the late soul singer was talking about him in her song “Me and Mr. Jones.” “I don’t really remember if Salaam, who was really close to her, who introduced us, if he told me about it…
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Legal Scholar Derrick Bell Dead at 80
We had barely absorbed the sad news of the passing of the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth Wednesday — not to mention the death of Apple leader Steve Jobs — when we heard news of another tragic loss: the death Wednesday of legal scholar and writer Derrick Bell. A publicist for New York University School of Law,…
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Chocolate Hair, Vanilla Care
Loop21 talked to Rory Hadley about her blog, Chocolate Hair, Vanilla Care. Its advice and musings on hair care are inspired by her experience as the white mom of an adopted black daughter. She’s far from the first one to address this issue, but she has some insights into priorities, societal values and self-esteem that…
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Watch Live: Van Jones on Taking Back American Dream
The American Dream Movement has been called an antidote to the Tea Party movement, but what’s at the core of it? Activist and former Obama administration “green-jobs adviser” Van Jones will explain the big-umbrella progressive movement in an 11:30 a.m. ET address from the “Take Back the American Dream” conference in Washington, D.C. See the…
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'The Submission': A Play About Race's Sound and Fury
A controversial play about a white playwright who enters a competition pretending to be black and wins a drama award is full of fire and fury, says Janice Simpson, who blogs about the New York theater scene. Danny, a gay white guy, writes a gritty drama about a poor black family but submits it to…
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