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D.L. Hughley: Arthur Ashe Fought AIDS and Segregation; Caitlyn Jenner Put on a Dress. Their ‘Courage’ Is Not the Same Thing
It’s a great point. Caitlyn Jenner struggled for many years to live her truth publicly—that she was a woman trapped inside a man’s body—because of the backlash she anticipated she would receive if she were to live as a transgender woman. It was certainly very courageous of her to come forward to reveal her true…
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Judge Denies 50 Cent’s Request to Delay Civil Trial Because of His Bankruptcy Case
It seems that a Connecticut judge is calling 50 Cent’s bluff. The Queens, N.Y., rapper was ordered to pay $5 million in compensatory damages to Lastonia Leviston, a woman who appears in a sex tape that 50 Cent allegedly leaked on the Internet in 2009. But 50 Cent abruptly filed for bankruptcy in federal court…
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The Officer Who Shot Unarmed Jonathan Ferrell Is About to Go on Trial. Here Are 5 Things You Should Know
Randall Kerrick—the officer from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg, N.C., Police Department who shot and killed unarmed 24-year-old Jonathan Ferrell, a former Florida A&M University football player—will go on trial Monday. Kerrick faces a charge of voluntary manslaughter, according to CNN. The September 2013 shooting incited emotional reactions across the nation, coming just a few months after George…
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Why African Americans Should Be 1st in Line to Cuba
Havana: On a small cut of land at the corner of 23rd Avenue and F Street in the Vedado section of this city stands a monument to two heroes of the Cuban people. But the faces carved into the imposing marble-and-granite structure are not those of Fidel Castro and Ernesto “Che” Guevara, icons of the…
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‘Black Panther Break Room’: Workers Accuse American Airlines of Racial Discrimination
In a letter to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, a Pennsylvania attorney claims that at least 80 African Americans and other minority employees at American Airlines in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., were the victims of racial discrimination, according to NBC Philadelphia. The letter from the Philly-based Mildenberg Law Firm, which represents maintenance, catering and baggage…
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KKK Confederate-Flag Rally Fizzles Amid Scuffles at SC Statehouse
Scuffles broke out Saturday at the South Carolina Statehouse in Columbia after members of the Ku Klux Klan held a rally to protest a decision to remove the Confederate flag from the grounds of the Statehouse, reports Al-Jazeera. About 100 members of the KKK and other white supremacist groups were greeted by about 400 African-American…
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Bill Cosby Used Fame, Deceit and Drugs to Lure Young Women Into Sex, Report Says
More damaging information about Bill Cosby surfaced Saturday with the publication of previously undisclosed testimony in which the actor himself describes how he took sexual advantage of young women. In stunning detail, the fallen 78-year-old television icon describes how he used his fame, drugs and manipulation to ensnare women to satisfy his sexual whims, according…
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Obama, Malia and Sasha Hit Up NYC, Take in Broadway Matinee, Stroll in Central Park
America is used to seeing President Barack Obama in his role as a world leader, but rarely as a father. On Saturday he changed things up, traveling to New York City with Sasha and Malia to spend some “father time” with his daughters and to attend a fundraiser, according to the New York Daily News.…
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What Happens When Cubans Speak About Anti-Black Racism in Their Country
Editor’s note: With the U.S. Embassy reopening in Havana on July 20, The Root is giving some insight and perspective into the lives of Afro-Cubans who suffer discrimination and economic distress, even in the midst of the Cuban revolution that Fidel Castro declared put an end to racism. Harvard professor and The Root Chairman Henry…
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Tin Cup Leadership Awards Handed Out in Washington, DC
The Washington Government Relations Group, the nation’s oldest association of African-American government-relations professionals, held its 6th Annual Tin Cup Awards Dinner highlighting excellence in leadership at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C., July 15. Here are some of the honorees and special guests.
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