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White Texas Man Elected After Leading Voters to Believe He Was Black
Dave Wilson said he was shocked when he was recently elected as a member of the Houston Community College System Board of Trustees, ousting a 24-year incumbent. Why? Well, the white Republican ran in a district whose voters are overwhelmingly black Democrats, and the odds seemed overwhelmingly against him, MSNBC reports. But he reportedly won…
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New Book Claims Obama Disses Congressional Blacks
Thanks to the book Game Change, which captured the behind-the-scenes drama of the 2008 presidential campaign, authors Mark Halperin and John Heilemann are now as feared among those keeping political secrets as Karinne “Superhead” Steffans is feared among the rappers and athletes worried about being name-checked in her next tell-all. The most recent revelation…
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Chris Christie Urges GOP to 'Show Up' for Minority Votes
In what he describes as a winning prescription in future elections for the Republican Party, GOP New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Sunday urged his constituents to reach out to minority voters. Christie should know. As the Associated Press reports, he’s just off a 22-percentage point re-election win, which he attributes to reaching out to…
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NYC Seeks to Vacate Judge's Stop-and-Frisk Orders
Lawyers representing New York City on Saturday filed papers asking a federal appeals court to vacate a judge’s orders that require the police department to modify its stop-and-frisk practice, which has been likened to racial profiling, reports show. In papers filed with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan, lawyers argue that U.S.…
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Los Angeles Man Freed After 34 Years in Prison
Kash Delano Register, a Los Angeles man who spent 34 years behind bars for a murder he did not commit, walked out of prison on Friday after a judge overturned his conviction, according to the Associated Press. On Thursday, Superior Court Judge Katherine Mader threw out the conviction, determining that prosecutors used false testimony at…
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Anthony Mackie Arrested on DWI Charge
Actor Anthony Mackie, who has appeared in The Hurt Locker, The Adjustment Bureau and Man on a Ledge, was arrested Saturday morning for allegedly driving while intoxicated, reports show. Police reportedly pulled the 35-year-old star over about 1:30 a.m. in Harlem for tinted windows, but noticed that he had bloodshot, watery eyes, and they smelled…
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Quote of the Day: Louis Armstrong on Authenticity
Read more about Louis Armstrong 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. Like The Root on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.
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Kendrick Johnson's Death: Questions Linger for His Family
Hundreds of hours of surveillance video of the high school where Kendrick Johnson mysteriously died have only served to raise more questions, reports show. Benjamin Crump, the family’s attorney, says they are “troubled” by a number of issues, including the lack of time-stamps on the video, but they are most worried about the video of…
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Incognito Feels 'Betrayed' by Martin?
A day after Jonathan Martin released a statement condemning his former Miami Dolphins teammates for physical attacks and for making verbal threats toward his sister, an ESPN report cited a source on Friday describing Richie Incognito as feeling “shocked” and “betrayed” by the allegations. Incognito was suspended last Sunday for conduct detrimental to the team,…
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Louisiana Family Rescues Woman From Ex-Lover
Call it Bayou justice. A Louisiana family reportedly killed a relative’s kidnapper, who was also her ex-lover, during a daring rescue, reports show. She was trying to break free from him after reportedly enduring years of domestic abuse at his hands. The family rescued Bethany Arceneaux, of Duson, La., and reportedly killed her kidnapper, Scott…
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