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The Big Picture: The News in Photos
Cool-Breeze Air Conditioning supervisor Mike Trent (left) and recently hired Mike Turner install an air conditioner in a Miami Beach hotel on Jan. 6, 2012. The most recent jobs report indicated that 200,000 jobs were created in December, and the unemployment rate dropped to 8.5 percent. Former Boyz II Men member Michael McCary (second from…
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The Best of Halloween: Reader Photos
Reader Rhodalyn Medow submitted this adorable photo of Marlon’Jey as Bat Boy. Schala Guzman from Los Angeles dressed up as Facebook before the upgrades. Reader James West III of Missouri City, Texas, writes, “The innocent ones at Halloween Dance in Houston.” Chocolate Hair Vanilla Care sent in this photo of a 4-year-old girl in a…
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The Many Faces of Common
Weeks after landing on the New York Times best-seller list and less than a month before he airs on a new AMC television show, Common has placed his stamp on virtually all areas of entertainment. Not bad for a Chicago native who had to convince his mother to let him take a record deal. One…
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'The Black List': A Who's Who in Photos
What is a “black list”? The dictionary defines it as “a list of persons who are disapproved of or are to be punished or boycotted.” But imagine if the black list were a roll call of distinction rather than of disenfranchisement? These are some of the questions that prompted photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders to embark on…
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A Black Poet Selects the Best American Poetry
Penguin has updated its essential reference on modern American poetry, and for the first time, it is edited by a black poet: Rita Dove. The volume went on sale Oct. 25. Here are some of the African Americans she selected. “And God stepped out on space,/And he looked around and said:/I’m lonely—/I’ll make me a…
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Yes, There Are Black TV and Film Directors
The near whiteout at the recent Emmys prompted The Root’s recent look at why few minority or women television directors get hired. But don’t think that means that talented and experienced black directors are not available. This gallery showcases some of those men and women. To learn more about black directors, visit the African American…
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12 Top Black Chefs and Restaurateurs
B. Smith restaurants There are three B. Smith restaurants on the East Coast: in Washington, D.C., New York City and Sag Harbor, N.Y. If you’re big on brunch, like many buppies in cosmopolitan cities, B. Smith offers a smoked salmon platter, sweet potato pecan pancakes and cinnamon brioche French toast. And B. Smith tries to…
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'The Electric Company': Then and Now
From its first episode on Oct. 25, 1971, until it was canceled in 1977, Freeman starred on The Electric Company, a sketch-comedy program on PBS that helped kids with their reading and grammar skills. Maybe you remember Freeman as Easy Reader. Or DJ Mel Mounds. Or Vincent the Vegetable Vampire. Or Count Dracula. Kids across…
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Images of a Dedication: The MLK Memorial
Dr. Christine King Farris, sister of Martin Luther King Jr., waves after speaking at the dedication ceremony for the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial on the National Mall, Oct. 16, 2011, in Washington, D.C. President Barack Obama, entertainers, civil rights leaders and others attended the ceremony to formally dedicate the memorial to the civil…