Everything to Know About Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat on His 65th Birthday
Navy SEALs Who Harassed Black Teammate With Racist ‘Slave’ and ‘Monkey’ Memes Finally ‘Disciplined’
Michelle Obama On How That Famous 2008 New Yorker ‘Fist Bump’ Magazine Cover Changed Everything
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Watch: How to Play a Villain With Black Lightning’s Marvin Jones
When it comes to playing a villain, some of us have got it—and, well, some of us don’t. Actor Marvin “Krondon” Jones III? Yep, he’s got it. Jones is Tobias Whale on the CW’s Black Lightning. He’s an ex-politician-turned-underworld boss of the fictional city of Freeland, and his gang is the 100. “We all have…
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Watch: Viola Davis Says Nobody Talks About Poverty
It’s no secret that Viola Davis came from meager beginnings. It’s also an understatement to call the brilliant actress’s upbringing meager. Davis has said it before and says it again, “I always say that I was a rung lower than poor; I was ‘po.’” Davis opened up about poverty at the Women in the World…
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Watch: This Heroine Paved the Way for Black Women in Comics
It’s about time that black girls see themselves represented in comics. Storm of the X-Men and Misty Knight made waves in the mid-’70s, and now we’re seeing black women shut it down in movies like Black Panther. But before these heroines hit comic book pages, there was Torchy Brown. Torchy Brown in “Dixie to Harlem”…
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Billion-Dollar Legacy: Reginald F. Lewis’ Incredible Life Story Comes to Film
Reginald Lewis may not be well-known to today’s youth, and that’s a shame because his life and work is Black excellence personified.
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Stop Sticking Fruit in Your Vagina
Believe me, I understand the allure of wanting your coochie to taste and smell good.
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Watch: When Denzel Met Pauletta: Did He Pursue Her 1st?
We’re constantly celebrating black love on The Root. And we just so happened to be lucky enough to sit down separately with #BlackLoveGoals couple Denzel and Pauletta Washington as each of them promoted their latest work. At the time, Deputy Managing Editor Yesha Callahan interviewed Denzel as he was making press rounds for Roman J.…
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Sex Is Not a Gift, and Other Things You Need to Know About Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is Wednesday, and everyone is gearing up to show the one they love how special they are. I’ve seen conversations all across social media about what people will be giving their significant others, and I thought that now is as good a time as any to clear up a few misconceptions people may…
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What We Thought We Knew About Africa and Slavery Might Not Be Right
Circumstances More Complex Than Most Report Defiant Immigrant Dad Leads ‘CBS Evening News’ Sinclair Wants News Directors to Pay Into PAC Joy Reid ‘a Heroine of the Resistance’ 2 More Guilty of Being Both Cops, Robbers Loophole Lets Cops Evade Sexual Assault Charges Surprise! Bloomberg Has Workplace Diversity Beat Media Missing ‘Shock Doctrine’ in Puerto…
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Watch: You Have a Black Man to Thank for Your Video Games
All right, listen up, gamers. Gerald Lawson is the pioneer of games you almost never hear about. In the mid-’70s, he perfected the game cartridge, making it possible to play multiple video games at home. As a teenager, the electronics genius operated a radio station from a housing project in the Jamaica neighborhood of New…
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Watch: Everything You Need to Know About Black Panther, Explained
Where is Wakanda? Who is T’Challa? Can a woman be Black Panther? I have so many questions about this comic book-turned-feature film, so I consulted with play cousins to The Root who are both staff writers for i09: Charles Pulliam-Moore and Evan Narcisse (who happens to be one of the brilliant writers of the Rise…