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Quote of the Day: Howard Thurman on Doing What You Love
You can read this quote from Howard Thurman, which appeared in Gil Bailie’s Violence Unveiled (1995), in Bartlett’s Familiar Black Quotations. Read more about Thurman 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 of The Root. Follow him…
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Certifying Your Minority Business Opens Doors to Opportunity
There are often plenty of things working against you in business, so when you have an advantage, you should take it. It never hurts to get a leg up in business, and minority certification could help. There are two things that certification can do for you: give you access to contract opportunities and give you…
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The Cutest Black Love Story of the Day
For Valentine’s Day, Google partnered with Ira Glass and NPR’s This American Life for its celebratory home page doodle. The animated illustration features six adorable love stories from “real people,” but the last one, “Blind Date,” is our favorite. Click on the candy heart of the same name, and you’ll learn how a man from…
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How Nicki Minaj Photoshopped Malcolm X’s Legacy
Nicki Minaj’s just-released single “Lookin Ass Niggas” is a grandiloquent takedown of black men who have failed to live up to her personal standards of manhood—defined in terms of drug using and dealing, sexual prowess, employment (or lack thereof), wealth and other measures of material status. The lyrics alone raise important questions about the values…
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The Root Recognizes: Shark Tank’s Daymond John
Editor’s note: The Root Recognizes is a new ongoing series that highlights the newsmakers, innovators and up-and-comers you should know. When wide-eyed business owners walk down the corridor of the hit TV show Shark Tank, there is only one investor they will stand before who created a $6 billion enterprise that gave birth to a new wave…
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‘I Love Howard’ Campaign: A Fundraising Valentine From Alumni
At a time when many historically black colleges and universities are facing economic challenges, thanks in large part to slashed federal appropriations and decreased availability of financial aid, Howard University alumni have chosen Valentine’s Day to launch a fundraising initiative that rejects the panic about scarcity and the alumni-giving guilt trips that have accompanied recent…
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Rihanna: Accountant Left Me Bankrupt
In 2009 singer Rihanna was down to her last $2 million thanks to bad business advice from financial advisers, causing the singer to file suit against New York-based firm Burden LLC for mishandling her money. Rihanna is worth $40 million today, but in 2009 she was effectively bankrupt and didn’t know. In recently filed paperwork,…
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Brooklyn District Attorney Vows to Decriminalize Marijuana
Ken Thompson, Brooklyn’s new district attorney, is making some drastic changes. While he doesn’t have the authority to legalize marijuana in his New York City borough, he can decide who is charged, and Thompson has vowed not to prosecute low-level marijuana offenses. According to the Huffington Post, Ken Thompson said during his inaugural address last…
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Quote of the Day: Buck O’Neil on Love
You can read this quote by Buck O’Neil, from his book I Was Right on Time (1996), in Bartlett’s Familiar Black Quotations. Read an interview with O’Neil 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 of The…
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The New Black Power Couples
Here’s a look at 10 hardworking couples who are thriving in love this Valentine’s Day. She writes the scripts, and he shoots ’em. It’s a solid plan, and the family business is working. Mara Brock Akil and her team have penned high-quality programming about the richness of black female life since the mid-1990s. She’s the…
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