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  • Diana Ross Honored by the American Music Awards, but Her Grandson Stole the Show

    It was Diana Ross’ time to shine at Sunday night’s American Music Awards. If you were able to suffer through the numerous performances of people you’ve probably never heard of, and that atrocious Whitney Houston tribute by Christina Aguilera, then you were treated to Motown’s finest and her grandchildren. Ross was presented with the 2017…

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    Yesha Callahan

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  • Watch: My Black History: Beyoncé’s Stylist, Ty Hunter, Got His Eye for Fashion From Diana Ross

    Editor’s note: During Black History Month, the focus is usually on historical figures who loomed larger than life, paving the way for the progress we experience today. But black history isn’t just about telling stories of our past. History is being made every day and has been made throughout our lives; it’s not just in…

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    Peter J. Rickards

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  • President Obama Announces Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients 

    President Barack Obama named 21 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the nation, on Wednesday, according to a White House press release.   The awards, which will be presented in a ceremony at the White House on Nov. 22, honor “individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the…

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    Monique Judge

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  • 8 Times Diana Ross Reminded Us She Was Magic 

    Diana Ross blessed the world with her immensely successful self-titled album in 1976. The iconic project (which was her seventh studio album) included two No. 1 pop smashes—“Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To)” and “Love Hangover”—among other chart-topping singles, like “I Thought It Took a Little Time (but Today I Fell…

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    The Root Staff

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