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Saaret Yoseph is a writer and Assistant Editor at TheRoot.com. She manages and blogs for \”Their Eyes Were Watching …\” Ella Baker (1903-1986) organized northern support for the Montgomery bus boycott, and in 1957 became acting director of Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Ruby Hurley (1909-1980) aided in all of the major school desegregation cases of the…

Have you been wondering why things didn’t work out with you and your ex? Read about contributor Rachel Skerritt’s trip down “ex-boyfriend lane” in “Exit Interviews With My Exes.” In “Woman to Woman,” Mark Anthony Neal explores how R&B singers have used soul music to vent about troubles in the black family. Faith Adiele writes…

The Africhic movement is a fusion of traditional African prints and colors, with modern European-inspired cuts. African designers are emerging from all over the continent to represent their wearable and versatile lines. Text by Danielle Kwateng Details. Details. Details. The intricacies of stitching and printmaking all serve as an indicator of how much work goes into each piece.…

Saaret Yoseph is a writer and Assistant Editor at TheRoot.com. She manages and blogs for \”Their Eyes Were Watching …\” Joel Elias Spingarn, one of the NAACP’s founders and second president. Spingarn was also one of the organization’s first Jewish members. Lawyer, NAACP litigation director and former Dean of Howard University Law School Charles Hamilton…

Throughout the Great Migration, The Crisis was a point of reference for blacks newly scattered across America. The Crisis was an early pioneer in challenging standards of beauty, featuring women of color on the front cover of hundreds of issues. The magazine also explored the role of colored soldiers in Europe during World War I.…

Slip a love note into this handcrafted felt heart by artist Tobiah Mundt. Or buy several and hide them all over the house for a romantic treasure hunt. Red Heart Pocket, Tobiah Mundt, $10. Letters of Marque, by actress Stacey Dash, offers high-end lingerie that will leave him speechless. Letters of Marque Silk Cotton Stretch…

Saaret Yoseph is a writer and Assistant Editor at TheRoot.com. She manages and blogs for \”Their Eyes Were Watching …\” The newly elected chairman of the Republican National Committee, Michael Steele. Ward Connerly — founder and chairman of the American Civil Liberties Institute and crusader against affirmative action. Former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell conceding to Ted…

Natalie Hopkinson is a Washington, D.C.-based author whose current projects deal with the arts, gender and public life. She is the author of Go-Go Live: The Musical Life and Death of a Chocolate City. Follow her on Twitter.  PHOTOS BY AARON ROBERTS A detail from a painting of Marvin Gaye taken from inside the Riverside Center in Northeast…

Natalie Hopkinson is a Washington, D.C.-based author whose current projects deal with the arts, gender and public life. She is the author of Go-Go Live: The Musical Life and Death of a Chocolate City. Follow her on Twitter.  Obama’s cutout emissary was on hand at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History to snap photos with guests at…