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The Story of Bresha Meadows: Who Will Sing a Black Girl's Song?
Bresha Meadows, 15 years old, sits inside an Ohio Juvenile Detention Center. On July 28, Bresha walked into her parents’ room and killed her sleeping father with a .45-caliber, semi-automatic handgun. Having enduring years of “mental, physical, emotional” abuse, Bresha—along with Brandi, her mom, and the entire family—lived in constant fear. Only two months earlier,…
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Did My Black Ancestors Enter the US via Ellis Island?
My maternal grandparents immigrated from St. Kitts between 1899 and 1901. They are Albena Denham (Daveron), born on Oct. 17, 1872, and Alexander Taylor, born on March 7, 1879. Both were born in St. Kitts. I wonder how they entered the United States. They may have traveled on the S.S. Parima or S.S. Korona; however,…
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Naming Black Excellence: The Root 100 List Release Reception
The Root 100 means black excellence. And earlier this week, The Root, in partnership with Infiniti along with sponsor Heineken, gave black excellence a name—several names, rather—at The Root 100 2016 List Release Reception on Martha’s Vineyard. The resplendent affair was hosted at Atria, with food curated by Chef Roblé Ali. Needless to say, attendees were in…
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NYC Family Loses 2nd Son to Gun Violence
On Wednesday, at around 9:15 p.m., Dontay Gordon, 17, along with a 21-year-old friend, were on College Ave. near East 170th Street in the Claremont Village section of New York City’s Bronx borough when they were shot at by someone driving by in a livery cab, the New York Daily News reports. Dontay later died at Lincoln…
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Diana Ross Buys Ad Congratulating Daughter Tracee Ellis Ross on Emmy Nom
Someone is clearly proud of her daughter and wants everyone to know it. Tracee Ellis Ross was nominated for an Emmy in the category of Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her role on the hit comedy show Black-ish, and her mama could not be more excited. The legendary Diana Ross gave her daughter…
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To Those Who Think Women Who Enjoy the Club Aren’t Marriage Material: Stop Judging
How does a mid- to late-30s lady who goes out a lot, enjoys life with no kids but wants to be married with kids very soon deal with the judgments that no man will marry her if she’s like this? —Anonymous Ugh. I hate the messages our culture sends to single women about what will…
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Democrats for Education Reform Seek to Empower Parents and Strengthen Black Communities
In a piece entitled, “Democratic Political Infighting Over Education Harms Black Families,” which was published on The Root last month, Dr. Andre Perry claimed that our organization, Democrats for Education Reform, not only “attacked” Hillary Clinton—because our position on charter schools differs from that of the former secretary of state—but also that we have broken away…
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When Black Lives Don't Matter to Black Athletes
There is a specific moment in my sportswriting career that haunts me with the slow-burning intensity of a friend’s betrayal: I was interviewing a black professional athlete for a profile over which he and his handlers had fairly tight control. At some point during what had been a casual, fluffy and pedestrian back-and-forth, I asked…
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Entire Black Church Endorses Donald Trump for President
The entire congregation of a historically black church in Charlotte, N.C., supports Donald Trump for president over his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton. Representatives of the membership of Antioch Road to Glory International Ministries say that they are endorsing the Republican candidate around the issues of job creation and reform of the criminal-justice system. Katrina Rodgers,…
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Kevin Hart Jumps the Broom
Kevin Hart married longtime girlfriend Eniko Parrish before about 200 family and friends Saturday evening near Santa Barbara, Calif. Hart, 37, proposed to Parrish, 31, two years ago, and the two had been dating for some years before that. The bride reportedly wore a custom Vera Wang lace mermaid gown that featured hand-embroidered French Chantilly…
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