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Why the Black Church Has Always Mattered
The brutal act of racial terror that took the lives of nine black parishioners at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., purposely targeted the most important institution that has ever existed in the black community: the black church. So it should come as no surprise that in the age of Ferguson, Mo., Baltimore…
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Civil Rights Groups Speak Out on Charleston, SC, Church Shooting
Several civil rights organizations issued responses to the Wednesday shooting deaths of nine people at the hands of alleged gunman 21-year-old Dylann Roof. Roof allegedly opened fire on a Bible-study group at the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., killing six women and three men, including the church’s pastor, state Sen. Clementa C.…
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The Victims of the Charleston, SC, Church Massacre
One woman coached the girls track team at a local high school. Another young man had just graduated from college last year and was thinking about pursuing a career in broadcast journalism. Another man was the consummate community leader, having met both President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and former Secretary of…
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Black Churches Have Always Been Targets of Domestic Terrorists
In the late 1790s, Richard Allen and former enslaved people in Philadelphia were tired of praying in the upper regions of St. George’s Methodist Episcopal Church and came down to the altar. When they were summarily removed from their prayerful positions, they came together to birth the African Methodist Episcopal Church—the nation’s first of its…
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Adults Told Black Girl Scouts Protesting Animal Cruelty to ‘Go Back to Baltimore’
The members of a Maryland Girl Scouts troop—the Chesapeake Bay Troop 176—attended a public meeting of the Animal Care and Control Oversight Commission in Cecil County, Md., to protest the mistreatment of animals at a county animal-control facility. The Girl Scouts were allegedly told by a group of adults to “go back to Baltimore, where…
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Deadline for Legal Status Passes in Dominican Republic; What Happens to Haitian Families?
Tensions are high in the Dominican Republic, and communities around the world are watching. The deadline for Dominicans of Haitian descent to produce paperwork to apply for legal residency has passed, and many are worried about when the government will begin deporting them to Haiti. More than 200,000 undocumented immigrants living in the Dominican Republic…
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Strategies to Ease Your Debt Burden
Do you sometimes feel that debt is a hammer and you’re the nail? The median black household had less than half the debt of white households — $35,000 compared to $75,000, according to a 2013 U.S. Census report. Yet, black households carry significantly more debt relative to their household assets than white households. The…
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Don’t Waste Your Pretty on a Man Who Won’t Spend His Time on You
I dated a guy for five months. We had a talk and he said he wasn’t ready for a relationship yet. Things fell off after that. I saw him about a month after the conversation, and he mentioned that we should see each other more, at least once a week. Didn’t happen. I let him…
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Rachel Dolezal’s Older Brother Will Stand Trial in Molestation of Young Black Child
One reason Rachel Dolezal’s parents may have outed her as the white woman she is—since she’s been successfully masquerading as a black woman for years—is the role she may have played in her older brother’s standing trial in the sexual assault of a young black child, the Washington Post reports. Joshua Dolezal is Rachel Dolezal’s only…
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Selling Your House? Don’t Cook Fried Chicken in It
Harriette Cole is the author of the book of meditations 108 Stitches: Words We Live By and a contributing editor at The Root. Follow her on Twitter.
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