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  • Sen. Cory Booker Takes Office

    (The Root) — Thursday will be a whirlwind day for the new senator from New Jersey, Cory Booker. His public swearing-in at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., will be conducted by Vice President Joe Biden, and later in the afternoon he’ll visit with President Barack Obama at the White House. Booker will be one…

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  • Emmy Awards 2013: Stars on the Red Carpet

    The 65th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards celebration was held at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. The Root has a recap of the hottest black stars to walk the red carpet.  Like The Root on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.  

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  • Empowering Young Black Men: Watch Live

    (The Root) — Do young black men know that people want to see them at the table making decisions about their communities? Do young black men know that society wants to see them do well and values their contributions to the world? Do young black men feel empowered and excited about their futures? The death…

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  • Adoption of Black Children by Overseas Families on the Rise

    The number of African-American children adopted by foreign parents who live outside the United States is steadily rising, according to a CNN report. For some birth mothers, part of the appeal is that their child will get the opportunity to grow up in an exotic overseas location. And for others, there is the perception that…

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  • Meet The Root 100 Honorees for 2013

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  • The President's Speech: Full Transcript

    Remarks by the President at the “Let Freedom Ring” Ceremony Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington Lincoln Memorial Aug. 28, 20133:07 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: To the King family, who have sacrificed and inspired so much; to President Clinton; President Carter; Vice President Biden and Jill; fellow Americans. Five decades ago today,…

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  • Colo. Republican: Chicken Causes Blacks' Poor Health

    Colorado Republican state Sen. Vicki Marble, during a task force discussion about poverty, referenced chicken as one of the reasons for health problems — including sickle-cell anemia, apparently — in the black community, the Denver Post reports. Marble also made a comment about how Mexicans ate healthier in their native country before immigrating to the United States,…

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  • South Carolina Restaurant Denies Service to Black Group

    Michael Brown, a black South Carolinian, and two dozen of his family members and friends were asked to leave a Wild Wing Cafe in Charleston because a white customer complained that she felt threatened by the group, the Daily Mail reports. Unable to reach the family sports bar and restaurant’s corporate headquaraters to report the incident,…

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  • The March: Scholars Have Their Say

    (The Root) — In the opening line of his “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered at the Lincoln Memorial on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 1963, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. predicted that the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom would “go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history…

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  • March on Washington: What They Listened To

    (The Root) — The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in the months surrounding the historic March on Washington in August 1963. These pop jingles, R&B tunes and girl anthems boomed out of transistor radios and filled dance halls. They provided an impromptu soundtrack to a period fraught with much transition, protest and activism.…

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