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John Hope Franklin: A Life of Firsts and Flowers
Editor’s note: They Did It First is The Root’s new weekly series on trailblazing people and events in the history of black America. Who was the first (and only) historian to have an orchid named for him? It certainly wasn’t his only “first,” but it was his most unusual. Revered historian John Hope Franklin, the author of…
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Charles Blow’s Son on Encounter With Campus Police: Focus on Unreported Police Brutality, Not Me
Yale U. Concedes Drawing of Handgun Was Questionable “As a noted memoirist and New York Times columnist who writes often about race, Charles Blow has spoken about the police killings of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, deaths that sparked a national debate over how police treat African-American men,” Ashley Fantz reported Monday for CNN. “On…
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A Moving Tribute to Michel du Cille
500 Urged to Shine a Light, Like Michel du Cille His photojournalist wife wanted friends and colleagues to know that “If he were here today, he’d be reminding us of the real story: 8,429 lives lost to Ebola and counting. “He’d be saying, ‘Remember the real story. Remember the thousands of people in Liberia, Sierra…
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Kevin Garnett Does Not Want To Actually Fight. Because No One Wants To Actually Fight.
During the Rockets/Nets game last night, professional octogenarian Kevin Garnett and Dwight Howard got into an altercation. Both men pushed each other, Garnett headbutted and threw the ball at Howard, and Howard hit Garnett with a forearm. Now, what happened next depends on your interpretation of what happened next. And your interpretation of what happened next…
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editor Reflects on Lessons From Ferguson Coverage
“Many Leaped to Conclusions Often Abetted by Social Media” Gilbert Bailon, editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, was chosen for the Benjamin C. Bradlee Editor of the Year Award last month by the National Press Foundation for leading the newspaper through the tumultuous events in Ferguson, Mo., last year and their aftermath. In this previously…
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The Price a Cop Paid for Crossing the Blue Line
If you are a “good cop” in the United States who has knowledge of what you perceive to be police misconduct or brutality, yet do nothing, then you are not only perpetuating cycles of mistrust and cynicism in communities of color toward law enforcement, but also aiding and abetting the extrajudicial killing of people around…
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Selma Costumes Reveal Class and Consciousness of the Movement
The costumes worn in the critically acclaimed film Selma tell about an important yet understudied history of the race, class and generational tensions of the Deep South. Few realize how critical dress was in establishing and maintaining the social order of the South. The Jim Crow system was built upon a hierarchy that placed wealthy…
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10 Ways That News Outlets Have Had to Contend With Race and Diversity in 2014
A year in the quest for news media that look like America: 1. Ferguson 2. Cosby Found Guilty in Court of Public Opinion 3. Online Media, New Frontier, Take Heat on Diversity 4. The Numbers and the Layoffs 5. A Breakthrough in Minority Broadcast Ownership 6. MSNBC Chief Promises Change for Latinos 7. Dean Baquet…
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Cosby: CNN’s Upcoming Special About Beverly Johnson’s Accusations Is Not Balanced
Beverly Johnson Charges Surface Talk of Lies, Death Threats CNN replied Monday to a scathing letter from Bill Cosby’s lawyer accusing the network of unethical reporting tactics with a scathing letter of its own. The network’s lawyer ripped into the character of a former boyfriend of supermodel Beverly Johnson, who, following accusations by other women,…
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Bill Cosby: Black Freelancer Misled Me
Cosby Says Black-Press Freelancer Duped Him Bill Cosby’s attorney John P. Schmitt issued a statement Monday criticizing journalist Stacy M. Brown, who interviewed the comedian for a story published online Saturday in the New York Post and the Washington Informer. “Schmitt alleges his client was unaware the conversation was being recorded and would wind up in the Post,” Travis Reilly reported…