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Join Us for 'Martin Moment' Chats on Google Plus
(The Root) — Starting this Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013, at 3 p.m. EDT, The Root, in partnership with the NAACP and the Black Youth Project, will kick off the “Martin Moment” series on Google+. Against the backdrop of the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech at the March on Washington, and the reinvigorated discussion…
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March on Washington: What They Wore
(The Root) — The 1963 March on Washington attendees and supporters were a fly bunch. Here’s how they sartorially represented civil rights. RDA/Getty Images Playwright James Baldwin, center, and friends attend a pro-March on Washington event in Paris, August 1963. Baldwin also joined the marchers in Washington. Carl Iwasaki/Getty Images Members of the Carmel Presbyterian…
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Kid President Interviews and Kisses Beyoncé
Beyoncé asked Kid President to kiss her on the cheek after the 10-year-old YouTube sensation asked her a slew of questions about the United Nations’ World Humanitarian Day campaign, the Huffington Post reports. The day, which was observed on Monday, honors aid workers who have lost their lives helping others. “I think it is so important for…
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March on Washington: What Critics Will Say
(The Root) — “I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.” That, of course, was Alabama Gov. George Wallace, who’d run on a platform opposing black voter registration, in a speech delivered in 1963 — the very same year as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. This month, events commemorating the landmark civil…
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March on Twitter With The Root
(The Root) — On Aug. 28, 2013, The Root will recognize the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom with a full-day digital forum on Twitter, dedicated to today’s most pressing civil rights issues. Experts, activists and celebrities will lead the global Twitter community in a virtual march, highlighting a variety of topics — including criminal justice, education and immigration…
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The Black-Senator Club Booker Wants to Join
Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker won the Democratic primary in New Jersey’s Senate race on Tuesday, putting him on a path to become a U.S. senator if he wins an Oct. 16 special election against Republican Steve Lonegan. If he’s chosen to complete the remaining 15 months of the term of the late Sen. Frank…
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The Root's Guide to March on Washington Celebrations
(The Root) — On Aug. 28, 1963, there weren’t any youth organizations that had the resources to host events and sessions in tandem with what would become the iconic March on Washington. Nor was there a “Women of the Movement” symposium or a “Global Freedom Festival” designed to bring awareness to international issues in the…
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Massive African-American Cemetery Discovered
Archaeologists digging on the grounds of a Philadelphia playground have found evidence of a 200-year-old grave site that the Mother Bethel African Methodist Epicopal Church purchased in 1810 because Philadelphia cemeteries would not accept black people. Among the estimated 3,000 laid to rest there were prominent African-American folk of that era, the Huffington Post reports: Mother Bethel…
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Obama's 'Grand Bargain' for Jobs
Is there hope that President Obama might break the political gridlock on budget negotiations? According to a new proposal he’s extending to Republicans, he thinks so. The offer that’s been labeled a “grand bargain” would involve cutting corporate tax rates in exchange for job investments, the Huffington Post reports: White House officials say just because…
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Who Remembers The Hustle?
(The Root) — There was a time long, long ago (OK, decades ago) when the dance everyone was doing at every party actually required a partner. The Hustle craze took off following the release of Van McCoy’s song of the same name, which hit No. 1 on the charts 39 years ago, on July 26,…
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