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Tough Voting Protections: Fair?
(The Root) — Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act says that certain jurisdictions can change their voting laws only with federal approval or by winning a court challenge. This part was first enacted in 1965 as a temporary law. It took a hard look at states and districts with low voter participation and regulations…
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Our Kids Aren't Treated Equally at School
(Special to The Root) — Continuing their historical practice of working together to address issues of concern to the African-American community, the NAACP, National Urban League, United Negro College Fund and NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund are working cooperatively to improve educational opportunities for all students. This week, we will run op-eds by the…
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UNCF Honors Students and Stars
(The Root) — A Howard University graduate, comic actor Anthony Anderson seems like a logical choice to host the television broadcast of UNCF An Evening of Stars when it airs on local and national cable channels this weekend. The program spotlights students from various HBCUs and other colleges and universities including Spelman, Wiley, Johnson C.…
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Inaugural Balling: Kicking Off 4 More Years
(The Root) — On Saturday, Jan. 19, black luminaries filed into the Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., for The Root’s second Inaugural Ball. More than 1,100 guests were in attendance as champagne flowed, DJs spinned and the band played to honor President Obama’s second swearing-in. Actors, activists, politicians and other notables graced our…
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North Carolina HBCUs Tackle Hazing
Does being asked to pick up an elderly member of your sorority and take her shopping constitute hazing? What about if an organization’s new recruits are tasked with building a mountain of bricks overnight? Those were some of the questions debated by the North Carolina HBCU students who participated in the Jan. 23 “Hazing Hurts”…
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Rosa Parks Stamp to Be Unveiled on Her 100th Birthday
Civil rights icon Rosa Parks would have been 100 years old on Feb. 4. To celebrate the life of the woman who spurred a movement to end legally sanctioned racial discrimination when she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Ala., bus, the U.S. Postal Service will unveil a…
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Africans in America Rebrand the Continent
Africans in America rebrand the continent: Young people like New York-based Ghana native Sandra Appiah are working to battle negative and stereotypical portrayals of Africa that have nothing to do with the place they know. NAN Breaking Barriers Award goes to Hutchins: Glenn H. Hutchins, co-founder of technology-investment firm Silver Lake and chairman of the…
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Contestants Suing 'American Idol' for Racism
If you thought the only people who were “humiliated” on American Idol were the musically challenged ones whose tryouts are featured in each season’s opening episodes, think again. That’s according to New York attorney James H. Freeman, at least. He claims that he conducted an investigation into the show and found that producers had only…
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Trayvon Martin: The Latest, Week 47
Friday, Jan. 25, 12:13 p.m. EST: Witness: I saw “a heavier man on top”: On Wednesday, attorneys for George Zimmerman deposed a woman who told Sanford, Fla., police that the night Trayvon Martin was shot, she saw two figures fighting, “a heavier man on top,” the Orlando Sentinel reports. Zimmerman outweighed the 17-year-old by 45…
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Obama's Day, Jan. 25: Personnel Announcement
THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORFRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2013 On Friday, the President will attend meetings at the White House. In the afternoon, the President will make a personnel announcement in the East Room. This announcement is open press.
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