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An Early Glimpse of Philadelphia’s Black Entrepreneurs
This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction with the Image of the Black in Western Art Archive at Harvard University’s W.E.B. Du Bois Research Institute, part of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. Before a fixed symbol of the financial might of early Philadelphia,…
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Perfect Gifts for the Gardener in Your Life
Beware of a woman bringing gifts for the garden—not! Really, if you are a gardener or pretend to be a gardener or just know someone who is a gardener, gifts in the general direction of that sacred entity are more than welcome. They are a pleasure, and more often than not, they are a necessity.…
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Quote of the Day: Malcolm X on Ghettos
Read more quotes from Malcolm X 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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Watch The Root 100 on Aspire TV: ‘The Progressives’
Aspire TV host Jamal Simmons calls the Rev. Howard-John Wesley “inspiring” and “courageous” for addressing tough personal issues in his wide-ranging interview, airing this week on Aspire TV’s The Root 100. The Alexandria, Va., pastor joins CNN’s Crossfire host Van Jones and LGBT-rights activist Danielle Moodie-Mills in this season’s second episode. “The Progressives” airs Wednesday,…
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Good News! Racism Ended 58 Years Ago
On Sunday we celebrated the 58th anniversary of Rosa Parks’ arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Alabama. To commemorate, the Republican Party—you know, the group that’s having some trouble courting minority voters—tweeted this: Eeek. “Fighting to end racism” is actually what they meant, the GOP…
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Was a Black Man on the Titanic?
Editor’s note: This article was originally published Dec. 2, 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 an…
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Quote of the Day: Howard Thurman on Family
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 ofThe Root. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook.
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Hey, Media: White People Are Poor, Too
Fact: Most poor people in the United States are white. According to Census figures in 2013, 18.9 million whites are poor. That’s 8 million more poor white people than poor black people, and more than 5 million more than those who identify as Latino. A majority of those benefiting from programs like food stamps and…
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Michelle Obama and My Feminist Nightmare
Those who know me well know that despite the fact that I make most of my living writing about politics, I almost never watch political talk shows, including those on which I sometimes appear. I almost never read comments on pieces that I write or pieces in which I’m mentioned, unless my mother specifically says…
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White House Declares HealthCare.gov a Success
White House officials announced Sunday that they have met their goal to improve the Healthcare.gov website for most users, inspiring hope among Democrats that attention can now focus on successes of the embattled health care law, USA Today reports. “The bottom line is HealthCare.gov on Dec. 1 is night and day from where it was…
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