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FAMU's Hazing Scandal: What Now?
After the vigils for Robert Champion, after the marches, after the homicide investigation and after the headlines, the campus of Florida A&M University will have to move forward. Champion, a 26-year-old drum major for FAMU’s celebrated Marching 100 band, died on Nov. 19 from what authorities say was hazing. Since then, three other members of…
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The Lighter the Skin, the Shorter the Prison Term?
Colin Powell said it, Sen. Harry Reid hinted at it about President Barack Obama, and black folks have known it for hundreds of years. There are advantages to being a light-skinned black person in the United States. Research on those advantages isn’t new, but with the release of a recent study by Villanova University, the…
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Who Really Killed Chauncey Bailey?
The murder trial focusing on the conspiracy to kill journalist Chauncey Bailey started last month. Bailey, who died in 2007, was the first journalist killed in the U.S. over a story since Don Bolles was murdered in a car bomb in 1976. Bailey was gunned down in the daylight of morning in downtown Oakland, Calif.;…
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Grant Hill Misses Chance to Slam-Dunk on 'Uncle Tom'
If you haven’t watched ESPN’s The Fab Five, a documentary on the 1991-1992 and 1992-1993 seasons of the University of Michigan Wolverines men’s basketball team, you should. The film takes a look back at how the team garnered attention for starting-five freshmen, who became famous for their charisma, uncompromising style and attitude. Juwan Howard, Ray…
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The Root Interview: The Man Behind 'Black Marriage Negotiations'
When a married father of three put together an animated video as a satirical take on what black women want out of a relationship, his modest hope was that it would bring a little traffic to his online radio show. He didn’t anticipate that the three-minute YouTube clip, called “Black Marriage Negotiations,” would garner nearly…
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A Father-to-Be's Promise to Break the Cycle
I’m 32 years old, and I’m about to do something that I’ve never really witnessed. I’m about to be a father. Sure, I’ve seen other fathers close up. There were a few scattered about in the Montgomery, Ala., neighborhood where I spent my teen years, and there definitely were tons on the Air Force base…
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