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NC A&T on Lockdown After Reports of Man With Rifle
Updated: April 12, 12:15 p.m. EDT: Police have not found anyone matching the description of the man with the gun, nor have they found a firearm on campus, according to the News & Record. North Carolina A&T State University is on lockdown after a man was seen with a gun on campus, according to Greensboro,…
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Stars You May Not Know Are of Color
(The Root) — It’s been 30 years since Flashdance found its way into our hearts and into the 1980s dance-movie canon. It was also when we were introduced to actress Jennifer Beals, a svelte brunette who later revealed that she was part black. Who knew? Here are other black and Latino celebs who have incited…
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Prom and Prejudice: 5 Facts
(The Root) — A group of teens in Rochelle, Ga., are fighting to break a very bad local tradition of holding privately funded segregated proms for the students of Wilcox County High School. Yes, that would be a white prom for white kids and a black prom for black kids. As crazy as it seems…
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Is 'Malcolm X' the Best Black Film of All Time?
(The Root) — In the end, Coming to America didn’t stand a chance. Malcolm X, Spike Lee’s critically acclaimed biopic, beat the beloved Eddie Murphy comedy with nearly 70 percent of the vote to win our March Movie Madness challenge, which started out last month with 64 films that voters slowly whittled down to one.…
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Must-See: '42' Revisits Important History
(The Root) — The story coming out of Georgia about separate proms for black and white high school students is just the latest example of the ugly history of racial segregation and the ways in which its residue hasn’t been fully erased. It seems that 42, the film about baseball legend Jackie Robinson’s life, is…
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Margaret Thatcher Dead at 87
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, the first woman to become the United Kingdom’s prime minister, has died of a stroke at the age of 87, CNN reports. The leader of her country’s Conservative Party from 1979 to 1990 and a strong supporter and confidante of Ronald Reagan, she had suffered several strokes since her…
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Listeners Still Mourning Baisden's Departure
A week after he was locked out of his WDAS-FM station after failed contract negotiations, and days after he bid fans goodbye in a Facebook post, talk-radio host Michael Baisden’s departure from the airwaves is still causing a buzz. That announcement he posted on the program’s last day on the air has nearly 1,000…
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Race Advice Column Coming Soon to The Root
(The Root) — We’re excited to announce the April launch of Race Manners, an advice column that Staff Writer Jenée Desmond-Harris will be writing for The Root. Once a week, she’ll take on your toughest questions about the ethics and etiquette of racial interactions in a changing America. She’ll settle debates, provide explanations and address those concerns you’d never discuss in public for fear…
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Black Leaders Not New to Marriage-Equality 'Bandwagon'
There been a lot of talk this week about the “bandwagon effect” kicking in when it comes to support for marriage equality. As MSNBC’s the Maddow Blog put it, politicians “see their colleagues do the right thing, and they hurry to join the club before it’s too late.” Consider the last week in Democratic politics.…
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The Blackest White Folks We Know 2.0
Some of these white men and women stand with us in solidarity, and the others do when it’s convenient. Either way, this list is full of black allies and black imitators, as well as those who relish the title but are also really happy to go to sleep at night knowing that it’s not actually…
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