Dr. King’s Favorite Pastime and More Little Known Facts on the Anniversary of His Murder
Anti-Affirmative Action Groups are Now Coming for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Scholarships
Why an Ex-Syracuse Basketball Player Chose Deportation to Sudan
New Study: DNA Testing Could Be the Key to Saving Black Women With Breast Cancer
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Obama vs. 'Automatic White Preference'
Study Finds Race Still at Issue in 2012 Campaign “After the 2008 election of President Barack Obama, many proclaimed that the country had entered a post-racial era in which race was no longer an issue,” Molly McElroy wrote this week for the University of Washington. “However, a new large-scale study shows that racial attitudes have…
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Wanda Sykes' Unexpected Family History
A surprise lay hidden within historical documents of comedian Wanda Sykes’ ancestors — a surprise that even Sykes herself couldn’t fathom. Sykes joined The Root’s editor-in-chief, Henry Louis Gates Jr., on his PBS show Finding Your Roots to investigate the lives of what she thought were her slave ancestors. After scouring archives in Virginia, Gates made an…
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Obama Gives Historic Scoop to Robin Roberts
President Backs Same-Sex Marriage in White House Talk Robin Roberts did not really need anchor Diane Sawyer’s confirmation on ABC’s “World News With Diane Sawyer” later Wednesday, when she told viewers that Roberts’ interview with President Obama was historic. The co-host of ABC’s “Good Morning America” knew the magnitude of her scoop. The buzz had…
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Media Not Ready to Ban All Offensive Slurs
NABJ Leaders Urge N.Y. Post Never to Use “That Vile Word” The New York Post’s use of abbreviations for racial and misogynistic epithets commonly used by many rappers prompted leaders of the National Association of Black Journalists Saturday to call for “that vile word” (the racial one) never to appear in the Post again. But…
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Beyoncé's NYABJ Award Draws Fire
N.Y. Black Journalists to Honor Pop Star’s Essay in Essence The New York Association of Black Journalists “is going to be looking at the criteria for next year” after its announcement that pop star Beyoncé Knowles had won one of its journalism awards was greeted with surprise, criticism — and headlines, president Michael J. Feeney…
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How Word Leaked of Obama's Secret Trip
“When President Barack Obama arrived Tuesday in Afghanistan on the first anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden, it was supposed to be a secret, like his earlier visits to the dangerous region,” M. Alex Johnson reported for msnbc.com. “But news of the trip leaked out hours earlier, raising new alarm bells about the…
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Sanjay Gupta Scrolls Through His Heritage
The search for Sanjay Gupta’s family history may have been simpler than the CNN medical expert expected it to be. Gupta sat down with The Root’s editor-in-chief, Henry Louis Gates Jr., on his PBS show Finding Your Roots to delve into his family history. Little did he know, eight generations of his family’s past were…
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Where Martha Stewart Got Her Craft
Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart sat down with The Root’s editor-in-chief, Henry Louis Gates Jr., on his PBS series Finding Your Roots to discuss her Polish-American heritage. With Gates’ help, Stewart learned about her grandmother’s humbling voyage to America at the age of 16, as well as her family’s penchant for crafts, textiles, cooking and more.…
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Watch More Finding Your Roots Clips Condoleezza Rice’s Sobering History On Finding Your Roots, Condoleezza Rice learns about her great-grandmother’s slavery-era past. Samuel L. Jackson’s Surprising Roots On Finding Your Roots, the actor talks about racism in his youth and learns about his ancestors. ‘Finding Your Roots’: Tracing the Canadas An absent father left Harlem…
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Joyner, Baisden Gone in NY Radio Merger
Civic-Minded Jocks Out as KISS Folds into WBLS The nation’s largest radio market lost one of its two big black-music stations on Monday, and with it the nationally syndicated, civically aware voices of Tom Joyner and Michael Baisden. Joyner said he was sad and urged New York listeners to keep in touch with his show…