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Madiba’s Famous Friends
Former U.S. President Clinton leans down to whisper to former South African President Nelson Mandela during a visit to the Nelson Mandela Foundation July 19, 2007, in Johannesburg. Mandela wipes the tears of a very emotional Houston when she meets him on the steps of the Union Buildings in Pretoria. Oscar-winning actress Theron brushes tears…
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How Mandela Kept His Enemies Close
As a foreign correspondent for the Washington Post, Lynne Duke, who died April 19, 2013, at the age of 56, covered the late Nelson Mandela’s release from prison in 1990 and his presidency. Her experiences as a journalist covering the transformative time in South Africa as well as the region at large are chronicled in her…
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Mourning an Icon: The Life of Nelson Mandela
On Feb. 11, 1990, South African political leader Nelson Mandela walked out of a prison after 27 years to fulfill his mission: dismantling the country’s apartheid regime. By 1994 the Nobel Prize winner had achieved just that by establishing the first democratic elections in South Africa and becoming its first black president. The towering statesman died today…
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Quote of the Day: Lerone Bennett Jr. on Education
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 of The Root. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook.
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The Day Alice Walker Said ‘It’s Me or the KKK’
Did you know that Alice Walker (the female face of African-American literature in the 20th century, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple) married a white Jewish man in the 1960s? Their relationship drew so much ire from local Ku Klux Klan members in Mississippi that she turned to her husband one day…
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If You Stand Up Your Man, Don’t Be Surprised When He Replaces You
“I had huge fight with my boyfriend over the phone and told him I wouldn’t go to his annual work gala that night. After I said it, I regretted it and felt bad so I made steps to make things right. I got dressed for the event and finally went to his place. I get…
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Black Mom Says Catholic Hospital’s Abortion Policy Almost Killed Her
As the battle over whether employers can opt to decline to cover birth control on religious grounds heads to the Supreme Court, another lawsuit is further challenging what role religion can play in patient health care, or denial of care. In a lawsuit filed with the American Civil Liberties Union, Tamesha Means of Muskegon, Mich.,…
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Jay Z Posts a Ranking of His Own Albums
Today is Dec. 4. Today is also Jay Z’s 44th birthday. As you know, four plus four equals eight. And if you add four to eight, you get 12. Twelve also happens to be the number of studio albums Jay Z has recorded, which means that today is the day intended for him to gift…
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The GOP’s Rosa Parks Tweet Was Lazy Politics
When your party’s presidential candidate can only muster a dismal 6 percent of black votes, 27 percent of Latino votes and 26 percent of Asian-American votes in the most recent election, one thing should be abundantly clear: You can’t expect to solve that problem with a tweet. But in a roundabout way, that’s how the…
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Some Anonymous Person Is Leaving Thousand-Dollar Tips for Servers
Several servers employed at restaurants across the country are currently praise-dancing. Some supergenerous anonymous person or persons are dining at establishments and leaving insane tip amounts for their servers, according to CNBC. Mrs. or Mr. Moneybags eats, asks for the check, sometimes writes a kind message on said check, leaves an even kinder tip and…
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