We All Hate Tipping Culture, But Did You Know It’s Rooted in Slavery?
Wealthy American started the tipping culture in the mid-1800s, beginning a restaurant culture that remains steeped in the roots of slavery.
New Development After White NYC College Professor Makes Racist Comments on Work Zoom When She Thought She Was on Mute
Allyson Friedman has identified herself as the college professor caught spewing racist language during a
Black Experts Reveal Maternal Health Secrets You Need To Know
Exclusive: Experts At 5th Annual Day of Reckoning Conference in Birmingham Reveal Maternal Health Secrets
All Aboard! Famed ‘Soul Train’ Dancers Discuss Their Time On the Popular Series
It’s been 20 years since ‘Soul Train” went off the air for good. We’re looking
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Brooklyn’s New Black-Owned LGBTQ Club Is a Safehaven
The owners of Club Lambda Brooklyn, Charles Hughes and Richard Solomon, spoke to The Root about taking the initiative to make a safe space for their community.
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Former MSNBC Analyst Malcolm Nance Now Fighting In Ukraine
“I’m done talking,” he told host Joy-Ann Reid on Monday
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Colin Kaepernick Would Take A Backup Gig For NFL Minimum
He tells I Am Athlete podcase he still wants a shot at an NFL spot
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Former NFL Star Marshawn Lynch Joins NHL Ownership Group
Lynch invested a “significant amount” in the Seattle Kraken
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Asheville Artist, Bee Blanton, Highlights the City’s Best Attractions
Experience these Black-owned and operated attractions through the illustrations of the local artist.
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Baltimore Born Artist, Derrick Adams Wins 1.25 Million Award to Build Out Black Cultural Database
The Baltimore born, Brooklyn-based artist describes the project as a “collaborative counter–institutional space.”
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HBCU Makes History With First Women’s Rowing Crew Team
North Carolina’s Saint Augustine’s University will begin competing in regattas in the fall