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Gregory Engel is a Software Engineer at The Root. Ninjasonik, New York City-based musicians and performance artists, take care to call themselves “a band, not a rapper.” The band’s enthusiastic claims to blipsterhood are manifest in its underground hit: “Tight Pants.” Now I’ve come home to finish finish my Brooklyn Blues —Barry Manilow
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Icons of Black Female Empowerment
Before she played the glamorous Dominique Devereaux on the 1980s prime-time soap Dynasty, before her hilarious turn as Whitley’s mom on A Different World, before she became a breast cancer survivor and activist, Carroll broke down barriers as the star of the show Julia, which ran from 1968 to 1971. The solidly middle-class Julia, a…
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America's Leading Black Women Advocating Change
After conservative talk show host Glenn Beck called President Barack Obama a racist, McClain, a writer and staff member of the online activist group Color of Change, worked to get companies to pull their ads from his show. More than 285,000 people complained and signed online petitions. As a result, a number of major corporate…
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Glenn Ligon: Art That Pushes the Boundaries of 'Otherness'
Glenn Ligon (born 1960), Hands, 1996. Silkscreen ink and gesso on unstretched canvas, 82 × 144 inches (208.3 × 365.8 cm). Collection of Eileen Harris Norton. Photograph by Fredrik Nilsen. © Glenn Ligon. Malcolm X (Version 1) #1, 2000. Vinyl-based paint, silkscreen ink and gesso on canvas, 96 × 72 inches (243.8 × 182.9 cm).…
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America's Leading Black Women in Public Service
Senior adviser and assistant to the president for intergovernmental affairs and public engagement When President Obama took office, Jarrett was mostly known as his closest confidante, but the attorney and former real estate developer is now one of the White House’s most visible forces. In addition to serving as a go-between with the public and…
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Black Performers at the White House: Past and Present
Created in 1871 to raise money for a struggling Fisk University, the school’s choral ensemble, the Jubilee Singers, quickly won national acclaim. They performed for President Ulysses S. Grant at the White House in 1872. Many years later, President George W. Bush awarded the Jubilee Singers the National Medal of Arts. Captions by Lauren Williams…
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A Fabulous Evening of Sisterhood in Atlanta
From left: Sheryl Huggins Salomon of The Root with panelists and special guests Cheryl “Coko” Clemons, Tamara “Taj” George, Leanne “Lelee” Lyons, Beverly Bond, Tracey Ferguson, Terri J. Vaughn and Jacque Reid. Photographs by Jason Chunn Captions by The Root Editorial Staff Sisters With Voices’ Tamara “Taj” George (left) shared stories of sisterhood, Survivor and (professional)…
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Black History, Caribbean Style
Carib Indians were some of the original inhabitants of the islands between North and South America — hence the sea named after them: the Caribbean. Captions by Rebecca Theodore It is generally accepted that Columbus “discovered” the West Indies, although the debate still rages as to whether he was an explorer or a colonist. Here,…
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You Said It: The Root's Comment Roundup
Lauren is a former Deputy Editor of The Root. Ndoro on Pat Buchanan Offers Solution to Black Unemployment: “It’s a simple answer: black entrepreneurship. The more businesses we own, the more of our own people we’ll employ. The main reason for the disparity between black and white incomes is the percentage of white people that…
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Our Favorite Romantic Scenes in Black Film and TV
After Martin totally botched his first “damn-Gina-I-will-marry-you” proposal, he knew he’d have to come up with something clever and romantic to woo Gina away from her new life in New York. So he calls on his crew to help him provide all the essentials for one of the most memorable proposals on television. Gina pants…