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Celebrating Candomblé in Bahia
When the 10.8 million African slaves disembarked from the hell-hole of the slave ships of the Middle Passage, they discovered that they had not sailed alone. In spite of the horrendous conditions onboard ship (15 percent of their countrymen died en route), many aspects of their various African heritages and cultures managed to survive with…
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What Is the “Real” Black History?
It’s Black History Month yet again. With several years of university teaching under my belt, I’ve begun to wonder what black history my students have actually learned during this month or any month before entering college. It’s clear the students know a version of black history that moves rather quickly from slavery to Reconstruction to…
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An Appreciation of Lucille Clifton
The poet Lucille Clifton, one of the most distinct voices of the past forty years, and the former Poet Laureate of the State of Maryland (1979-1985), died on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010, in Baltimore. Lucille Clifton was born Thelma Lucille Sayles on June 27, 1936, in a small town called Depew, NY, to literary parents…
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Black History: Work to Live, Earn to Multiply
is an intern at The Root and senior journalism major at Howard University. Prior to the Civil War, despite severe restraints on their movements and limited capital, slaves and free blacks developed enterprises that paralleled mainstream business activity. In the 18th century, Paul Cuffe, the son of an Ashanti from Ghana and a Wampanoag Indian…
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Like Grapefruit for Chocolate
I received a cup of pink grapefruit for Valentine’s Day from the hubby, and it was probably one of the most thoughtful gifts I’ve ever received. Roses, candy – those don’t require much thought. Don’t get me wrong: I loves me some roses, but I’m also a big fan of chocolate, emphasis on “big.” It…
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Read/React: "Lynch Coates"
Below is a comment Ta-Nehisi Coates of The Atlantic received the other day from Tim Sumner, who runs 9/11 Families for a Safe & Strong America. Sumner did not care for one of TNC’s most recent blog posts. The race card. Who’d of thunk this leftist author would ever play one? Did the thousand-plus 12/5 crowd chant…
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Marja Offensive Crucial to War Strategy
The largest military offensive since the Afghan War began took place this weekend. Will it work? That’s anyone’s guess. From The Washington Post In an acknowledgment of past mistakes, administration officials have emphasized that for the first time, U.S. and NATO forces are outnumbered by thousands of Afghan soldiers fighting alongside them. Unlike previous offensives,…
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Twitter’s DIY Journalism
I first realized that our democracy had kicked into another gear last September, when in the middle of President Barack Obama’s speech rallying Congress to pass a health care bill, someone in the U.S. Capitol chamber screamed, “YOU LIE!” Even Obama looked a bit shaken, as I was, sitting in my living room, one eye…
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Thirteen Years Later and Still Got the Jones
Forget that it was released 13 years ago. Forget the striking cinematography, the star cast and the bomb-ass soundtrack. Forget that this was an artsy film that was accessible. Forget memorable scenes like when Darius tells Nina, “I just want to come up and talk.” Even if you forget all that, you still have to…
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Forgiving John Mayer
As John Mayer’s racially charged comments in a Playboy magazine interview ricocheted around the racketball court that is the Internet this week, I found myself exhausted by the sad reality that the national dialogue on race remains driven by the engine of celebrity gaffes and gotcha moments. Our voracious, ADHD-afflicted news cycle castigates, forgives and…