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Beyoncé and Jay-Z: Pop Music's 1st Billionaire Couple
With ad campaigns and business ventures complementing multimillion-dollar tours, it’s no surprise that Jay-Z and Beyoncé have plenty of money (after all, there’s a rumor that they now have a $4 million private island), but now there’s a rough number on their wealth — and it looks like a record. The International Business Times is…
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Poisonous Substance in Parcel Sent to Obama
Updated 12:21 p.m. EDT: Secret Service officials say the letter tested positive for the poison ricin and was from the same sender who mailed the letter to Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) that also tested positive, NBC News reports. Federal officials told NBC News that they believe they know who sent the letters, but no arrest has…
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Actor Larenz Tate Advocated for Job Opportunities for Urban Men
Actor Larenz Tate and Buffalo Wild Wings franchise owner Karim Webb recently participated in a media roundtable luncheon hosted by the California Community Foundation (CCF) for its BLOOM program (Building a Lifetime of Opportunities and Options for Men) in Los Angeles. The actor has partnered with the restaurant entrepreneur to advocate for employment for urban…
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Youngest Black Hedge Fund Owner Opens Investment Firm for Black Institutions
Fredrick D. Scott on Monday announced that he was creating Fredrick D. Scott, LLC, a venture capital and private equity firm that will invest in and acquire” minority-focused financial and banking institutions.” Scott was the head of ACI Capital Group, LLC (ACI), a investment banking and advisory firm that managed with $3.7 billion in assets.…
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Will This Jockey Take the Derby Back to Its Black Roots?
On May 4, 29-year-old Kevin Krigger will become the second black jockey to compete in the Kentucky Derby since 1921. His presence — and his designation as a top-10 favorite by the man who trained last year’s winner — is reminding observers of the post-Reconstruction era, when African-American men dominated the race under very different…
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Quote of the Day: Marian Wright Edelman
Read the quote here. Henry Louis Gates Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and the director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African-American Research at Harvard University. He is also the editor-in-chief of The Root. Follow him on Twitter. Like The Root on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.
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Confessions of a Hair-Weave Addict
In a piece originally posted at Dog Park Media, filmmaker Erikka Yancy gets brutally honest about her history with racial identity and beauty. It was a long road to recognizing my racial identity crisis. I did not realize it in junior high when I basked in the glory of being told by my friends that…
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Boston Explosions: 'Please Don't Be Arabs or Muslims'
Writing for Al-Jazeera, Khaled A. Beydoun says that he’s been preoccupied with the identity of those responsible for the bombing and what it could mean for American attitudes. I texted my friend at 7:47am EST, extending well wishes for a “successful and prosperous race”. Like the 23,181 runners who left Hopkinton dreaming about breaking the…
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Jackie's Widow: More Than a 'Baller Wife'
(The Root) — Thanks to the film 42, new generations are being introduced to one of America’s greatest legends, baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson. But though billed as a sports biopic, 42 has also introduced filmgoers to one of America’s greatest love stories. While much of the film focuses on baseball executive Branch Rickey’s unwavering, crucial…
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3rd Plea in FAMU Hazing Case
Caleb Jackson, 24, has entered a no-contest plea to charges of manslaughter in the case of the hazing death of Florida A&M drum major Robert Champion, the Huffington Post reports. That choice — which does not admit guilt but acknowledges prosecutors have enough evidence to convict him — came with an agreement to testify against…
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