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Mother Discovers Son’s Murder As She Walks Home From The Grocery Store, Sleeping Mom of Six Killed in Drive-by, CNBC Commentator Turned Fugitive Caught and More
A Collection of The Root’s posts of the week in news
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Juneteenth, 40 Acres and a Mule and Other Broken Promises to African Americans
Take a look at American history and the times Black people were promised change, but it never came.
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Everything You Want to Know About The History of Juneteenth
The Root explains how this Texan-based celebration came to be our 12th federal holiday.
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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Corey Hawkins Get Truthful and Dangerous in Broadway’s Topdog/Underdog
Abdul-Mateen II and Hawkins spoke to The Root about their upcoming play, which is set to begin its Broadway run on Oct. 20.
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3 Black Soldiers Killed by Confederates are Honored in Virginia After Years of Being Forgotten
Culpeper County monument honors unknown three Black soldiers of the Civil War.
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Police Find 1 Neb. Prison Escapee in Storm Drain; 2nd Fugitive Still on the Run
Authorities have apprehended one of two Nebraska prison escapees, but are warning the public to remain cautious, since the second fugitive remains at large, CNN reports. Timothy Clausen, 52, and Armon Dixon, 37, both escaped from the Lincoln Correctional Center in Lincoln, Neb., on Friday. It is still unclear how the men escaped. But according…