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Gone With the Wind and Its Pernicious Place in History
Well, fiddledeedee, as Scarlett O’Hara might exclaim: Gone With the Wind, the epic film of love and war set against the backdrop of a doomed Southern slavocracy, is turning 75, with special screenings in movie theaters around the nation and an airing on TV, too. While black film buffs and thrill seekers will be in…
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Professor Accuses US of Spreading Ebola in Africa
A major Liberian newspaper, the Daily Observer, has published an article by a Liberian-born faculty member at Delaware State University saying the Ebola epidemic in West Africa is the result of bioterrorism experiments conducted by the U.S. Department of Defense and others, according to the Washington Post. The article, written by Delaware State University associate professor…
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‘You’re Going to Die,’ Suspect Allegedly Says Before Girlfriend Is Shot
A Georgia man has been charged with fatally shooting his girlfriend in front of her sister this week in Marietta, Ga., during a domestic dispute, according to the New York Daily News. David Junior Reid, of Marietta, allegedly used a 9 mm handgun to shoot Latasha Bell in the chest on Wednesday in the apartment…
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Ferguson Police Told to Stop Wearing ‘Darren Wilson’ Bracelets
The Justice Department on Friday ordered Ferguson, Mo., police officers to stop wearing “I am Darren Wilson” bracelets in support of the white officer who last month fatally shot an unarmed black teen, sparking weeks of protests, according to the Los Angeles Times. “These bracelets reinforce the very ‘us versus them’ mentality that many residents…
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Help Needed to Bury Fla. Girls Slain and Dumped
As the families of two Florida teens struggle to come to terms with their brutal deaths, they also find themselves in a struggle to pay for proper burials for the girls found dumped like trash on the side of a road. An online fundraiser has been established at YouCaring for Angelia Mangum, 19, and Tjhisha…
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HistoryMakers, Like Roz Abrams, Inspire Students With Stories of Achievement
When Roz Abrams started out in the early 1980s as a young broadcast journalist, she was mentored by the likes of pioneer Belva Davis, the first black television and radio journalist on the West Coast. As a result, Abrams went on to scale great heights in the broadcast field, including working at CNN as a…
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The Root 100 Adds a People’s Choice Award, Voted on by Readers
Each year The Root receives hundreds of nominations for selection to our annual list of high achievers and influencers, ages 25-45, known as The Root 100. For each of the past four years we have honored 100 individuals in the fields of politics, business, entertainment, social justice, law and science. It’s always tough leaving out so…
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Ferguson Police Chief Videotapes Apology to Michael Brown’s Family
Ferguson, Mo., Police Chief Thomas Jackson on Thursday issued a videotaped apology to the family of Michael Brown, and the community of Ferguson, but the olive branch he extended was not received well by some people who still feel not much has been done to address the fatal shooting of Brown, the New York Times…
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US to Pay $554M to the Navajo Nation
It’s not quite reparations, but the U.S. government has agreed to pay the Navajo Nation, the largest Native American tribe in the country, $554 million as part of a settlement stemming from 50-year-old claims in a lawsuit, the BBC is reporting. The Navajo Nation leases approximately 14 million acres of its land to the U.S. government…
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2 Children Dead in Unlicensed Day Care Fire
Two children—a 9-month-old baby and a 21-month-old toddler—died from injuries they suffered in a fire at a house in Lynchburg, Va., that was being used to operate an unlicensed day care center, the News & Advance reports. At the time of last Friday’s fire, seven children were in the care of Doris Lee, who operated…
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