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The Root's 'Nerd Prom' Highlights
(The Root) — At this year’s annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner, President Obama’s speech poked fun at Congress, Fox News and the GOP’s minority-outreach efforts. But some of the biggest laughs came when he joked about himself and the stubborn negative perceptions of him that some Americans still hang onto. Entering to DJ Khaled’s “All…
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Does Young Black America Even Need a Leader?
In the shadows of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, many black folks have wondered, “Who’s to be our next leader?” On the Black Youth Project, Jonathan Lykes asks that question of his own generation. As we move further away from the 1960’s civil rights movements I think it is important for individuals in the…
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Fighting Felon Disenfranchisement and Winning
In a victory for voters’ rights, felon-disenfranchisement laws are being overturned in Deleware, and NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous writes on the Huffington Post that it’s high time for the rest of the country to follow suit. The amendment, passed at the urging of the Delaware NAACP, allows people with nonviolent felony convictions…
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How Adoption Taught Me to Surrender
Adoption can be grueling for hopeful parents, writes Shonda Rhimes in the Daily Beast. Yet the process, says the creator of Scandal, brought her a deep understanding of the meaning of surrender. I’ve never wanted to be pregnant, never suffered through the infertility that devastates some of my friends. Since I was 9 years old,…
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Black-White Relationships: Which Gender Does It More?
Damon Young writes: While the vast majority of the black people I know date/marry other black people, I personally know more black women my age with white boyfriends/husbands than black men my age with white girlfriends/wives…and I bet most of you do too. Actually, for me, using “more” is somewhat misleading because, well, I don’t…
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Nelson Mandela's Grandsons Bring His Words to Big Screen
Every April evening in the few minutes before midnight, the words of Nelson Mandela take over the billboards in Times Square. The Power of Words , a short video that displays select quotes from Mandela’s speeches, fills up select screens from 11:57 p.m. to midnight. The Power of Words is a preview of a project…
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When Dad Asks Your Fiance for a Credit Check
What if all men had to obtain marriage approval from a girlfriend’s father by providing their credit reports, bank statements and medical records? Would men approach life and marriage preparation a little bit differently? These are questions Steve faced as a reality when asked for these very items by his girlfriend’s father. What started off…
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Countee Cullen to Be Inducted Into the NY Writers Hall of Fame
(The Root) — On June 4, the New York State Writers Hall of Fame will induct five outstanding authors, including Calvin Trillin, Alice McDermott, Walter Mosley, Marilyn Hacker and the late Countee Cullen. 2012’s honorees included E.L. Doctorow, Pete Hamill, Joyce Carol Oates and Toni Morrison, as well as John Cheever, Hart Crane, Edna Ferber,…
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Women Shot in Chris Dorner Manhunt to Receive Millions in Settlement
The two women shot while delivering newspapers in front of a LAPD officer’s home during the manhunt for fugitive former cop Christopher Dorner have reached a settlement for $4.2 million, reports the Los Angeles Times. The Los Angeles City Council must still ratify the agreement, announced Tuesday by Los Angeles City Atty. Carmen Trutanich and…
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