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$1,000,000 Wheel of Fortune Fail: Student Says, ‘I Did My Best’
Indiana University freshman Julian Batts appeared on ABC’s Good Morning America on Monday to discuss an unfortunate string of answers on Wheel of Fortune that cost him a chance to win $1 million, a car and a trip to Jamaica. Although Batts eventually won the game on the show that aired Friday, collecting $11,700, his…
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The Latest From the National Action Network Convention
The National Action Network’s annual convention is under way this week in New York, featuring dozens of panel discussions tackling civil rights topics from voter repression to stop-and-frisk laws, as well as planned remarks by President Obama. The event’s primary goal, founder and president Al Sharpton told The Root, is to create an “action agenda”…
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Media Covers Syrian Crisis but Ignores the Central African Republic and South Sudan
Inattention Worsening Humanitarian Crises, Officials Say In 1985, there was Live Aid, a live concert with a global audience of 1.9 billion across 150 nations, organized by the Irish singer-songwriter Bob Geldof to benefit Ethiopian famine relief. Millions of dollars was raised. A decade earlier, as a former Beatle, George Harrison gathered musician friends for…
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Legendary Journalist Chuck Stone Dies at 89
“A Firebrand With Unassailable Journalistic Credentials” Charles Sumner (Chuck) Stone, newspaper editor, professor, columnist, former Tuskegee Airman and founding president of the National Association of Black Journalists — a legend to many — died Sunday at 89, according to news reports. “Stone died in his sleep early this morning at an assisted-living home in Farmington,…
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2014 Peabody Winners Reflect the Lives and Work of People of Color
People of Color Were Subjects, Creators of Excellence From the ABC drama “Scandal” to miniseries on the histories of Latinos and of African Americans to close-up looks at urban high schools and NPR’s “The Race Project,” the George Foster Peabody Awards announced Wednesday were enriched by the lives and work of people of color. “The…
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FCC Vote Encourages Diversity in Broadcast Ownership
FCC Vote Praised as Saving Jobs, Ownership Diversity By 3-2, Panel Takes Action Against Media Consolidation Though the final vote was the result of compromise, advocates of minority broadcast ownership and jobs for journalists of color each took comfort Monday in a 3-2 vote by the Federal Communications Commission “to bar companies from controlling two…
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Is the Black Press Still Powerful?
Author Says Papers Have Not Kept Up With Today’s Readers The black press was not part of the “State of the News Media 2014” report issued this week by the Pew Research Center — the center says it is saving that for later — but a new book by an expert on that slice of…
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Black Women Must Harness Their Political Power
Fannie Lou Hamer was a poor black woman with a sixth-grade education who spent much of her life working in the cotton fields. Her legacy, however, demonstrates that each of us has an important voice and role to play in our democracy, and as we near the end of Women’s History Month, it is a mighty reminder of…
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It’s Woman Crush Wednesday (#WCW) at The Root!
With #WCW (Woman Crush Wednesday) trending today on Twitter, here at The Root we’re taking a look at a few of our women crushes—all notable black women who made headlines this week. Rebecca Walker Walker’s book Adé: A Love Story is coming to the big screen soon. Adé, which is Walker’s first novel, tells the story of a…
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Who Was the 1st Black Ventriloquist?
Editor’s note: For those who are wondering about the retro title of this black-history series, please take a moment to learn about historian Joel A. Rogers, author of the 1934 book 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro With Complete Proof, to whom these “amazing facts” are an homage. Amazing Fact About the Negro No. 72: Who was the first American-born…