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Instead of a Cape, This Hero Teacher Wears a Du-Rag and Taught His Students How to Tie One
If there’s one Twitter account that should be followed, it’s Washington, D.C., teacher Patrick Harris’. Harris commonly shares the achievements of his students and various life lessons, but a recent tweet shared something even more important recently. How to properly tie a du-rag. Although it’s not Durag History Week, which was created by The Atlantic’s…
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Woman Left Her Husband of 21 Years Because He Wanted to Make America Great Again
They say politics makes strange bedfellows, but in one household, politics tore apart a 21-year marriage. Gayle McCormick, 73, dumped her husband after he disclosed to her that he was going to vote for Donald Trump. “I was in shock,” she tells People magazine. “It was the breaking point. The Trump issue was the catalyst.…
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Michael Jackson’s Mother, Katherine, Claims Elder Abuse at Hands of Nephew
Katherine Jackson has been granted a restraining order against her nephew Trent Lamar Jackson after claims of elder abuse and theft. According to Katherine Jackson, Trent Jackson not only abused her, to the point of her needing to hide in closets to call her own children, but also stole money from her bank accounts and…
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Oprah Winfrey Discusses the Art of Storytelling and Greenleaf
On Jan. 1, 2011, Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network made its debut, and over the last six years, the network has been able to debut series such as Queen Sugar and Greenleaf that uniquely capture the lives and stories that may not be told elsewhere. When you look at the series on OWN, you can tell…
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Here’s Why Maxwell (the R&B Singer, Not the Coffee) Is Trending
Looks like someone has something against Black History Month … well, at least that’s the consensus on Twitter. I’ll never know what Maxwell is actually talking about because he blocked me on Twitter earlier this summer after I questioned his “All Lives Matter” tweet. But here’s what everyone else is saying (and he apparently called…
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Sheryl Underwood Defends George Lopez on The Talk
Sheryl Underwood wants the world to know that she and George Lopez are friends and that he is not racist. Also, she wants us all to know that if a woman had flipped her off during her comedy show, she would have called her a “bitch,” too. As previously reported by The Root, George Lopez…
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Netflix Sets Premiere Date for Dear White People
Dear White People is finally getting its time to shine as a series on Netflix. On Tuesday the streaming service announced that the 10-episode series will premiere April 28. Tessa Thompson will not be returning as Samantha White, but Logan Browning will take over the role. Justin Simien, the writer and director of the 2014…
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Here’s a New Photo of Harriet Tubman
On the heels of federal park officials formally establishing the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in upstate New York, a new photo of Tubman has surfaced. According to historians, Tubman was between the ages of 43 and 46 when the photo was taken. “There’s no doubt in my mind about the provenance of the photo…
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Merriam-Webster Adds ‘Ghosting’ and ‘Shade’ to Dictionary
Ghosting is bad. Throwing shade is good. And Merriam-Webster just gave a nod to both words. On Tuesday, Merriam-Webster added more than 1,000 words to its website. Although “shade” was already listed on its site, the dictionary added the slang definition of the word to the list, and in its explanation of the word, it…
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Omarosa Called ‘Trump’s Whore’ While Shopping for Bridesmaids Dresses at Nordstrom
Can’t a sellout shop in peace? Well, if you’re Omarosa Manigault, the incoming White House director of communications for the Office of Public Liaison, no … no, you can’t … without being called a whore. Over the weekend, Manigault was shopping for bridesmaids dresses at Nordstrom in Tysons Corner, Va., when two women had a…