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Photos: The Face of Courage in the Fight For Black Lives
As guest editor of The Root, co-founder of Black Lives Matter, Patrisse Cullors wanted our readers to see the images of strength, courage and commitment that exemplify the resolve of the Black Lives Matter movement. These photos document the history of a people’s revolution. All courtesy of Black Lives Matter, they have been captured at…
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Watch: Guest Editor and Co-Founder of Black Lives Matter Patrisse Cullors on The Root Takeover
We at The Root are honored to have Patrisse Cullors as guest editor today on our site. Cullors is an artist, organizer and freedom fighter. She is the founder of Dignity and Power Now, co-founder of #BlackLivesMatter, and director of truth and reinvestment at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. Her Facebook page says she’s…
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LIVE: Town Hall on Faith and Justice at Social Justice Institute: Poverty, Race and Sexuality in Boston
As part of a Social Justice Institute on Poverty, Race and Sexuality, a town hall on faith and justice is under way at Boston University Thursday evening. The event honors the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act. According to the Rev. Keith Magee, who organized the event, the town hall features…
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Report: Gunman Opens Fire in La. Movie Theater, Three Dead
A gunman opened fire in the Grand 16 Movie Theatre in Lafayette, La., killing himself and at least two moviegoers, and injuring 8 others, reports the Advocate. According to Police Chief Jim Craft, the shooter was a “white male in his 50s who used a handgun.” The shooting occured at approximately 7:30 p.m., during a…
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Future’s Comments About His Sex Life With Ciara Are Distasteful and Ungentlemanly
Although Future didn’t just come out and start blabbering about his sex life with Ciara, he didn’t exactly bite his tongue, either. The rapper was prompted by a question posed to him during an interview with HuffPost Live, about whether he and Ciara waited for some time to have sex. And that question was prompted…
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Former NYC Inmate Receives $750,000 Settlement After Inadequate Medical Treatment for His 6-Day Erection
Rodney Cotton, a former inmate at New York City’s Manhattan Detention Center, was awarded $750,000 after suing the city for failing to provide him with adequate medical care when he complained that his penis was erect for six days after he took medication, the New York Daily News reports. In his lawsuit, Cotton says that his…
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Jack and Jill Moms Featured on New TV Reality Show
Editor’s note: After this article was published, The Root received this statement from Bravo: “Bravo wants to clarify that the focus of this show is not the Jack and Jill organization.” The television network that made a household name out of NeNe Leakes and turned “housewives” into a synonym for backstabbing and hair-pulling has now…
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Blogger Necole Bitchie Says ‘It’s Time to Move On’
In a letter to her followers that she admitted was sure to make her cry, entertainment blogger Necole Bitchie announced, “It’s time for me to move on.” She will no longer run the website NecoleBitchie.com, which was founded in 2008 by Necole Kane and calls itself “the premiere urban celebrity gossip and entertainment news site on…
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Fire at Historic SC Black Church Ruled ‘Natural’
There was reportedly no criminal intent behind the fire overnight Tuesday at a historic black church in Greeleyville, S.C. According to local investigators, along with the the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the blaze at Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church must have been sparked by “natural causes,” according to reporting by NBC News.…
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Dustin Brown Stuns Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon
He was trained in his father’s home country of Jamaica but now plays for his mother’s native Germany, according to The Independent. Today Dustin Brown, ranked 102nd in the world, is celebrating a stunner in the tennis world, knocking out two-time Wimbledon champ Rafael Nadal in four sets: 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. It’s the first time…
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