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Free Advice and Free Gifts: How to Succeed in Business
This month I’m celebrating my 15th anniversary in business and thinking back on all I have learned. If you want to learn the secret to becoming an entrepreneur and running a thriving small business, I share here five things that will help you succeed. I have met thousands of business owners around the country, and…
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Quote of the Day: Edna Lewis on Ham
You can read this quote by Edna Lewis, from her book The Taste of Country Cooking (1976), in Bartlett’s Familiar Black Quotations. Read how the quote is referenced here. Henry Louis Gates Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and founding director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University. He is also the editor-in-chief…
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Book Excerpt: Stokely Carmichael’s Roots in the Black Panthers
Editor’s note: Stokely Carmichael’s activism helped found the Black Panther Party, and his work on voter registration transformed the South and allied him with Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders. Carmichael’s brilliant but complicated legacy is examined in the new book Stokely: A Life, written by The Root’s contributing editor Peniel Joseph. It goes on…
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The Wild Adventures of a ‘Colored Girl’ in the Early 20th Century
Anita Thompson Dickinson Reynolds was the black—or mocha—Zelig, traipsing continents at will, dancing on Broadway, acting in Hollywood with Rudolph Valentino, toiling as a journalist during the Spanish Civil War, slumming it with French royalty—all the while rubbing shoulders with the likes of Coco Chanel, Ernest Hemingway, Charlie Chaplin and W.E.B. Du Bois. As Reynolds…
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Some of My Best Friends Are White
While reading the many news stories that appear in my in-box each morning, I eventually get to the articles that center on race and racism. I save this part for last because know I’m going to read about an attitude or injustice that will piss me off, and I prefer to let my anger build…
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12 Years a Slave: Trek From Slave to Screen
Editor’s note: This article was first published on Oct. 14, 2013. For those who are wondering about the retro title of this black-history series, please take a moment to learn about historian Joel A. Rogers, author of the 1934 book 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro With Complete Proof, to whom these “amazing facts” are…
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12 Years a Slave Wins Oscar for Best Picture
The brilliant yet brutal 12 Years a Slave made history Sunday night as the first film directed by a black man, with a predominately black cast, to win an Oscar for best picture. In one of the most competitive Oscar races in recent memory, the honor was bestowed tonight at the 86th Academy Awards. Producer…
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Lupita Nyong’o Takes Home Oscar for 12 Years a Slave
The “It Girl” is really “It.” Lupita Nyong’o won an Oscar Sunday night for best supporting actress for her role as Patsey in 12 Years a Slave. After hugging director Steve McQueen, her co-star Chiwetel Ejiofor and (oddly) Liza Minelli, the stunning star took the stage to give an emotional and heartfelt acceptance speech. “It…
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Oscars 2014: Red-Carpet Roundup
The 86th Academy Awards were held at the Dolby Theatre on March 2 in Hollywood, Calif. The Root has a recap of the black stars to walk the red carpet. Best actor in a leading role nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor and his guest Actress Kerry Washington Best director nominee Steve McQueen and producer Bianca Stigter Best…
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Academy Awards 2014: Most Black Presenters Ever
In a year when movies like 12 Years a Slave have captivated audiences around the globe, the Academy Awards tonight will have 10 prominent black entertainers as presenters—the most ever in its 86-year history. The star-studded list includes Viola Davis, nominated for Doubt and The Help; Jamie Foxx, who won best actor for Ray; Whoopi…
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