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How Do I Research My Ghanaian Ancestry?
“How can I research Ghanaian genealogy online?” —Hillary Osei Letting History Point You in the Right Direction Before you begin your research in Ghana, or anywhere in West Africa, it is useful to have an understanding of the country’s history and how the ruling powers changed over time, since this will give you information that…
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Is There Room for Intellectuals in the Black Church?
Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal is joined by the Rev. Raphael Warnock to talk about the state of the black church and his new book, The Divided Mind of the Black Church: Theology, Piety, and Public Witness. The Rev. Warnock is the senior pastor at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church.
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Stars of About Last Night Offer Relationship Advice
In the new romantic comedy About Last Night, Kevin Hart and Regina Hall’s explosive chemistry is pure date-night movie magic. The film is a contemporary take on the 1986 version with Rob Lowe and Demi Moore. Starring Michael Ealy as Danny, originally played by Lowe; Joy Bryant as Moore’s Debbie; Kevin Hart as Bernie, originally played…
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How Bobsledding Became a Black Winter Sport
Willie Davenport was born in central Alabama and was a college track standout in Baton Rouge, La. He qualified for four consecutive U.S. Olympic track teams as a hurdler, winning the gold medal at 110 meters in Mexico City in 1968 and a bronze eight years later in Montreal, and, in 1982, was inducted into…
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Why Michael Sam’s Coming Out Is Good for Gay—and Straight—Black Men
Last year in the pages of The Root, I tried my best to explain “Why I Love Being a Black Man.” Read for yourself, but for me it boiled down to the complexities of embracing what it means to be a black man while embracing my own individuality, as well. And to me, Missouri defensive…
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Snowed-In Tweets Mock ‘So White’ Privilege
The East Coast is currently getting slammed with copious amounts of snow. Bad weather beat up the South earlier this week, too, which means that for large swaths of the country, it’s really white outside. How white? According to Twitter: It’s #sowhiteoutside that outside missed the beat: It’s so white that outside is all up in…
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Myrlie Evers-Williams Leaving NAACP Board After 3 Decades
Civil rights leader Myrlie Evers-Williams will step down from the board of the NAACP, marking an end to her 30 years as an official of the civil rights organization. Evers-Williams, who will retain the honorary title of chair emeritus, had hoped to be in New York for the NAACP’s board meeting on Friday to officially make the…
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Quote of the Day: Queen Mother Moore on Reparations
You can read this quote by Queen Mother Moore, from her contributions to Brian Lanker’s book I Dream a World (1989), in Bartlett’s Familiar Black Quotations. Read more about Queen Mother Moore 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…
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What Does It Take to Be the Black ‘It’ Girl?
In some ways, Lupita Nyong’o fits the fashion-plate standard of beauty that’s changing, ever so slowly, but still frequently looks for a certain type: She’s thin and sculpted, with regal cheekbones and bearing to match. And her accent doesn’t hurt, either, in an America that’s still New World enough to be impressed by such things.…
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If God Loves Me, Why Don’t I Have a Valentine?
I cannot count the number of times I have heard the phrase “If you just wait on God, He will send you your husband,” or “It’s just not your ‘season’ right now, but keep serving God and the right man will come your way.” Just this season on BET’s Being Mary Jane, Gabrielle Union’s character…
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