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The GOP Plays 3-Card Monte With Our Vote
(The Root) — If ever there were a reason to be grateful that the Voting Rights Act is still in effect, it’s the shenanigans that have been taking place in Virginia’s Republican-controlled state Senate. What GOP legislators have been trying to do there gives wacko racist reactionaries a bad name. If the most important provision…
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Do You Know Your Black History?
Editor’s note: For those who are wondering about the retro title of this black history series, please take a moment to learn about historian Joel A. Rogers, author of the 1934 book 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro With Complete Proof, to whom these “amazing facts” are an homage. Who was the first African American? Answer.…
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Do You Know Your Black History?
Editor’s note: For those who are wondering about the retro title of this black history series, please take a moment to learn about historian Joel A. Rogers, author of the 1934 book 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro With Complete Proof, to whom these “amazing facts” are an homage. Who was the first African American? Answer.…
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How to Trace Your Roots
(The Root) — How exciting it is to me that we at The Root are kicking off Black History Month by inaugurating our new genealogy column, “Tracing Your Roots”! Researching my own family’s roots has been a passion of mine ever since my father showed my brother and me an obituary for (and a photograph…
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A 14-Year-Old's Top 10 African-American Influencers
Writing at the Huffington Post, China Anne McClain, the teen star of Disney’s Ant Farm, gives a youthful perspective on Black History Month by running down a list of the people who inspire her. 1. My Mom As soon as I heard “influential African-Americans,” the first people I thought about were my amazing parents! Let’s…
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5 Ways the Super Bowl Will Reflect Our Changing Culture
Colorlines‘ Jamilah King explains how this year’s biggest sporting event will also act as a stage for some of the nation’s most dramatic cultural shifts. Black leadership. Ok, I’m biased here, but I’ll say this anyway: The San Francisco 49ers’ Colin Kaepernick is the future. The league has long asked itself the irritating question of whether…
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Gospel Trio Delivers on Moving 13-Song Set
(The Root) — Ester Mae Smith, Angela Taylor and Della Daniels, better known as the Como Mamas, share their hearty voices with the world once again. Daptone Records — the Brooklyn, N.Y., label known for reintroducing classic soul acts such as Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Charles Bradley and others to new generations — is…
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Beyoncé to Lip-Synching Critics: 'Any Questions?'
Here’s the news from Beyoncé’s Thursday press conference: She lip-synched “The Star-Spangled Banner” (or “sang along with [her] prerecorded track”), she says she did it because she’s a perfectionist and she promises that we’ll hear her live at Super Bowl halftime. Oh, and she might just be as talented at packaging a response to critics…
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Tradition? Vanity Fair Cuts People of Color Off Cover
Tradition? People of color cut off of Vanity Fair cover: Guess which side of the fold the nonwhite celebs appear on (again)? Hint: You won’t see them on your local newsstand. Two-book deal for black ballerina: Misty Copeland, who helped break ground as an African-American female soloist for the American Ballet Theatre, has a memoir…
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Howard Dropout Crowd-Funds to Re-Enroll
Howard University’s Corey Arvinger fully admits that the GPA slip that led to his being placed on academic probation and losing financial aid was his fault. “My time management was horrible,” he explained to USA Today. “I was very involved on campus, so I put my organizations before my schoolwork.” But that didn’t take away…
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