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The Blackest Intersection in America Exists in Washington, DC
It’s no secret that I live in Washington, D.C. While I’ve had a love-hate relationship with this city for various reasons, it’s home. No matter where I go in the world, even when I’m back in Atlanta or Madison/Huntsville, Ala., at this point in life, D.C. is home. I’ve lived in the D.C. urea for…
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Dear White People: If a Memorial Dedicated to Lynchings of Black People Makes You Uncomfortable, Good
On April 26 of this year, the Equal Justice Initiative will open both a memorial and museum in Montgomery, Ala., dedicated to the victims of lynching in America post-Civil War. The memorial is called the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, and the museum is called the Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration. Both…
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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: The Wypipo Participation Trophy
As “one of the real racists,” I admit that I have intentionally omitted one of the most underappreciated groups of people in America: The good white people. So today I sifted through The Root’s emails, comments, letters and tweets searching for good white people, hoping to acknowledge their efforts to end racism. They should be…
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Watch: King’s Mountaintop, 50 Years Later
When Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, the news shocked the world. The day before, King gave his last speech, known today as the “Mountaintop” speech—one that some would call a prophecy. The civil rights leader went to Memphis, Tenn., to shed light on…
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Episode 7: Police Officers Terrorize Black Memphis During MLK’s Final March
After speaking to a rapt crowd on March 18, 1968, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. returned to Memphis, Tenn., as promised, to march in solidarity with Memphis sanitation strikers. The date was March 28, 1968—50 years ago today—King’s first and only march in Memphis and the last march of his all-too-brief life. He would…
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WTF, Newsweek? News Site Tweets Photo of Martin Luther King Jr. in a Casket
Updated Monday, Jan. 1, 2018, 5:04 p.m. EST: Shortly after this post went live, Newsweek issued an apology to Bernice King for the insensitive photo from its Twitter account: Earlier: Newsweek is catching hell on the first day in 2018, and it all stems from a photo accompanying a tweet for an article titled, “Has…
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Russian Disinformation Has Long Targeted Blacks
KGB Disinformation Goes Back to King Era Editorial Says Indictments Reflect Trump Character NBC Hypes Hours-Old News as ‘Breaking’ Twitter Suspends Trump Ally After Anti-Lemon Rant Series: Detained Juveniles Subjected to Atrocities Immigrants Pushed Deeper Into the Shadows Inequality at the Root of Harassment Issue Biracial Writer Gives Yuli Gurriel a Break Financial Plan Helped…
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Here’s Bernice King With a Word About Pepsi
Bernice King, the daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., picked up the mic and so eloquently dropped it in response to Pepsi’s atrocious Kendall Jenner commercial. As we all know, according to Pepsi, a can of brown carbonated, caffeinated sugar water can cure all the ills of the world. Well, technically, it can only get…
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FBI Conspired Against MLK; Tries to ‘Honor’ Him on Twitter 49 Years Later
On the 49th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the FBI took to Twitter Tuesday to honor his life, work and commitment to justice. Along with a photo of King from the Library of Congress, the FBI included a graphic of the following quote from him with its tweet: “We…
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Martin Luther King Jr.’s Niece Alveda King Confirms She Voted for Trump
Alveda King, an outspoken pro-life advocate and the niece of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., confirmed that she voted for Donald Trump for president on Monday, when the whole nation was celebrating her uncle and his works, the Washington Examiner reports. According to the report, King confirmed her vote in a statement to…