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Blackout Music & Film Festival Celebrates Community, Creativity and Culture
Blackout for Human Rights, a collective of actors, artists and activists speaking out for justice, will be holding a one-day film festival, the first Blackout Music & Film Festival, in downtown Los Angeles Saturday. The festival, which organizers plan to host annually, will boast special film screenings, art installations, panel discussions and live musical performances…
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Check Out America’s Worst Police Departments
Almost half of Americans hate their police department. In a new study, a little over 47 percent of Americans gave their police precinct a grade of D or F. The states of Arkansas, Idaho, Missouri, Virginia and Georgia are among those ranked highest in the number of people reporting negative perceptions of police. The results…
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Step Afrika! Celebrating 20 Years of Dance
When the brothers of the fictional Gamma Phi Gamma Fraternity joined together in rhythmic unison, clapping and stomping, in a scene from Spike Lee’s 1988 film School Daze, for many it served as an introduction to the art form of stepping. The sharp, synchronized body movements, mixed with call-and-response, are characteristics of stepping, which may…
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Jennifer Hudson in Talks for Aretha Franklin Biopic
We all know Jennifer Hudson can sing, and she’s proved that acting is also part of her repertoire, but can she pull off being the “Queen of Soul”? According to The Wrap, the Oscar winner is currently in talks to play Aretha Franklin in a biopic produced by Scott Bernstein, producer of Straight Outta Compton.…
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The 5 Biggest Challenges Facing #BlackLivesMatter
Editor’s note: When it comes to keeping a movement going, you have to have a good understanding of what is getting in your way. In the final installment of the series After the Fire, The Root looks at what challenges this current social-justice movement is facing and what the future may hold. After the Fire was…
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2 Reporters From the Huffington Post and the Washington Post Face Charges for Their Conduct in Ferguson
NABJ, Unity Join Media Outlets in Expressing Outrage “Reporters from The Huffington Post and Washington Post have been charged with trespassing and interfering with a police officer’s performance, a chilling setback for press freedom coming nearly a year after their arrests in Ferguson, Missouri,” Michael Calderone reported Monday for the Huffington Post. “The Huffington Post’s Ryan J.…
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Black Voters Matter
Editor’s note: In the third installment of the four-part series After the Fire, The Root looks at how the social-justice movement—on- and offline—is influencing the presidential race for 2016. Did your candidate say, “Black lives matter”? After the Fire was reported and written by Associate Editor Danielle C. Belton. Illustration by Jada Prather. Read Part 1…
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Leaderless or Leader-ful?
Editor’s note: In the second installment of the four-part series After the Fire, The Root looks at the structure of this current movement, a movement where anyone can be the boss, yet nobody is the boss. After the Fire was reported and written by Associate Editor Danielle C. Belton. Illustration by Jada Prather. Read Part 1.…
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How to Burn What Can’t Catch Fire
Editor’s note: In the four-part series After the Fire, The Root looks at the growing social-justice movement, from traditional players to #BlackLivesMatter, examining where the movement has been, where it is now and where it’s going. After the Fire was reported and written by Associate Editor Danielle C. Belton. Illustration by Jada Prather. Something every…
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Poll: 6 in 10 Black Men Say They’ve Had Bad Experiences With the Police
A Gallup poll released Tuesday shows that Americans’ satisfaction with how blacks are treated in the U.S. has dropped to an all-time low,” Scott Sutton reported Tuesday for the Chicago Sun-Times. The next day, Jesse J. Holland reported for the Associated Press that “A majority of blacks in the United States — more than 3…