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First Lady Has 'Girlfriends' Over to See 'For Colored Girls'
When the showing of Tyler Perry’s “For Colored Girls” ended Tuesday evening at the White House, first lady Michelle Obama got up and told the 50 guests she hoped they enjoyed it. But those who had come from around the country to share the experience “were just sitting there. I don’t think they knew how…
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Unforgettable Celebrity Trials
Lauren is a former Deputy Editor of The Root. It wasn’t looking good for Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) when he left his House ethics trial less than an hour after it began Nov. 15 because, he said, he couldn’t afford representation. The outcome: Rangel was found guilty of 11 out of 13 violations. Before the…
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Johnson Publishing Sells Historic Headquarters
College to Own First Black-Owned Building in Chicago’s Loop Johnson Publishing Co. has sold its historic building on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue to Columbia College Chicago, the company announced on Tuesday. It has not yet selected a new home and is to remain in the building for 18 months. “The sale of 820 S. Michigan is…
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Kanye West's Top 10 Most Egocentric Moments
Lauren is a former Deputy Editor of The Root. Did someone ask Kanye West to bust out into an a cappella rendition of “Gold Digger” on a recent Delta Airlines flight? It doesn’t matter, because he was giving his fellow passengers a little taste of Kanye, whether they wanted it or not. At least he…
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The Root Cities: Chicago Then and Now
The Second City, the City of Broad Shoulders and the City That Works was Frank Sinatra’s “kind of town.” It is also my hometown. I came here with my mother when I was about 6 months old. Like countless thousands of others from the deep South in the late 1940s and early 1950s, we took…
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Juan Williams' Taboo-Breaking Mishap
It’s as if Juan Williams were a man in a small rain forest tribe and he called out a taboo name for a spirit. Or a lion. Or said the name of someone deceased. In human societies, some words will be considered magical — and not just in the societies we think of as primal.…
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Marsalis' Lincoln Center Orchestra in Cuba: More Politics Than Music?
By Greg Thomas The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra‘s (JLCO) residency in Cuba last week at the invitation of the Cuban Institute of Music was significant for reasons historical, cultural and political. This was JLCO’s first time in that country since forming in 1992. But Wynton Marsalis, artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC)…
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Breast Cancer Linked to Veggie Consumption in Black Women
Yes, it’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so of course we’re going to be bombarded with studies and stats about breast cancer. Just last week I wrote about a study that stated two hours a week of vigorous exercise reduces by 64 percent the rate of breast cancer in black women. Now we hear that eating…
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Charlayne Hunter-Gault Remembers a Great Teacher
When the young Charlayne Hunter arrived at the University of Georgia in 1960, there were riots to protest the desegregation of the university. But she was offered an oasis by a member of the English department, who defied convention and custom to welcome her into her home. When I got the sad news that Francis Wallis had…
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The Root Review: Waiting for Superman
After seeing the illuminating new documentary Waiting for Superman, I’ve decided that the lively debate at my house around public or private school for our 3-year-old is officially over: private all the way. It may sound harsh and dismissive, but even the limited but powerful dissection of the education system presented by director-writer Davis Guggenheim…