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Teen Cancer Survivor Gets Surprise Prom Makeover From Celebrity Hairstylist
When Hannah Tate, 18, sent celebrity hairstylist Tokyo Stylez a message on Instagram asking him to make her a wig for her prom, she had no idea that Stylez would be at her doorstep Saturday, the day of her prom, with a full glam team in tow, ready to treat Tate, a cancer survivor, to…
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‘No N–gers’ Graffiti Appears in Conn. College Bathroom
Administrators at Connecticut College thought it best to cancel classes Monday to allow students to deal with a string of racially offensive incidents that have occurred on campus in recent weeks, Raw Story reports. First, campus authorities found the words “no n—gers” on a bathroom wall this past weekend. The college’s dean of students immediately…
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Ebola Crisis in Sierra Leone Reportedly Led to Spike in Teen Pregnancies and Rapes
Classrooms are filling up again in Sierra Leone now that the Ebola crisis is under control, but the outbreak didn’t only claim the lives of some students; it also created an environment that led to a spike in pregnancies, RFI reports. That, too, is affecting attendance, since pregnant girls are not allowed to come to…
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How a Black Saint Was Used to Convert Slaves Into Catholics
This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction with the Image of the Black Archive & Library at Harvard University’s Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. The pious figure of a black person is often presented as a subsidiary figure within religious works of early-modern Europe.…
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Poll: Who Should Play Dorothy in the TV Version of The Wiz?
When we think of “Home” we think of Stephanie Mills in her iconic performance as Dorothy in the original 1974 production of The Wiz on Broadway. Diana Ross took over the role in the 1978 film version alongside Michael Jackson, who gave an unforgettable performance as the Scarecrow. Now NBC is launching a live television…
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Cop Who Put Eric Garner in Choke Hold Is Being Sued for Allegedly Causing a Car Accident
Daniel Pantaleo, the New York City police officer who administered a fatal choke hold to Eric Garner last summer, is being sued for a different incident involving a man named Leonardo Aguirre, the New York Daily News reports. In his suit, Aguire claims that Pantaleo caused a car accident last June in Staten Island that…
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Mich. Dad Inadvertently Eats Daughter’s Pot-Laced Brownies and Is Rushed to the ER
It all started as an innocuous grab for some delicious-looking brownies that a Michigan dad saw laid out in his home Wednesday morning. He popped some into his mouth but soon started to suffer from hallucinations, the New York Daily News reports. The father, according to the Detroit Free Press, called 911, explaining that he had…
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Chicago Mayor’s Race: Rahm Emanuel Takes a Few Jabs, but He’s Still Standing
Incumbent Mayor Rahm Emanuel sat through the second of Chicago’s three runoff debates looking as if he needed to pinch himself while trying not to look as if he wanted to punch his opponent’s lights out. He wasn’t supposed to be there. All bets were on Emanuel brushing aside his four much lesser-known challengers in…
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Who Was the 1st Black Female Ph.D.?
Who was the first African-American woman to receive her Ph.D. degree from an American university? (Hint: Three pioneers are considered to share this distinction.) Let’s start with some numbers. In 1903 W.E.B. Du Bois published The Talented Tenth. Here he introduced the term by which he meant the “college-bred Negroes,” the race’s “exceptional men” who…
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Michelle Obama Delivers Inspiring Speech at Black Girls Rock! Event
Less than 24 hours after attending the 2015 Black Girls Rock! event at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, I’m still in awe of the tremendous inspiration and sisterhood that filled the room. The star-studded event, which occurred against the backdrop of Women’s History Month, was co-hosted by actresses Tracee Ellis Ross and…
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