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Which R&B Biopic Should We Make Happen?
Which ’90s R&B biopics do you want to see? Tweet me @Ko_616 using the hashtag! If you want to see what’s hot on black Twitter, check out The Chatterati.Akoto Ofori-Atta is the editor of The Grapevine. Like her Facebook page and follow her on Twitter.
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$50 Million to Save Black and Brown Boys
(Special to The Root) — Imagine that you walk into the newborn-nursery ward at an American hospital and you see 100 babies in their bassinets. You are then informed that 33 of these babies will spend time in jail or prison. This is the reality today for African-American males born in our country. As a…
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Girl, 5, Kills Herself With Gun
(The Root) — It was supposed to be a quick trip to the store, a 10:30 a.m. walk for a gallon of milk. On June 23 in New Orleans, Brandajah Smith — a dark-chocolate confection of a 5-year-old with a mind full of questions — needed milk for her cereal. But getting to the store…
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Quote of the Day: Frederick Douglass on Skin Color
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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Skip Gates' 'Many Rivers' Premieres
(The Root) — “The story of the African-American people is the story of the settlement and growth of America itself, a universal tale that all people should experience,” says Henry Louis Gates Jr., the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and founding director of the Hutchins Center for African and African-American Research at Harvard University. Gates, who…
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Why Are Black Men on a Venetian Tomb?
(The Root) — 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. This week’s image features a detail from the…
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'12 Years a Slave' Was Too Much
(The Root) — On Friday I had what I thought was a brilliant idea. With a busy two days ahead, and a director friend insisting that the first day of a movie’s opening weekend counted more than the other days, I would catch a late-night showing of 12 Years a Slave. I mentioned my plans…
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All-Boys Schools Can Empower At-Risk Black Students
Single-sex schools can be advantageous for black boys, Freeden Oeur argues in a piece at CNN, and shouldn’t be considered more examples of segregation. After conducting research at an all-boys, nearly all-black school in the Northeast, Oeur found that single-sex schools can tailor their culture and programs for at-risk African-American males. Separation is not always a form…
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The 7 Ways Black People Respond to Black Films
When black films come out, Stacia L. Brown explains at The Prospect, the response of black audiences can be categorized in seven ways: “doubt, guilt, self-preservation, annoyance, anger, vulnerability and acceptance.” Brown discusses these reactions in the context of recent releases including 12 Years a Slave, Fruitvale Station, Lee Daniels’ The Butler and Django Unchained.…
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This Just in: Drake Does Have New Friends
(The Root) — You know Drake likes to tell people how to live their lives. First there was the ubiquitous and annoying #YOLO, his clarion call for us to live life remembering that we only have one to live. It’s also known as living recklessly. It really caught on. Google “#Yolo tattoos” and you’ll find…
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