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A Hate Crime for Halloween: Realistic Black Doll Hung from Tree in NJ
The image of the life-like doll spread across Facebook.
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Black Stars to See on Broadway this Fall
Make sure to grab your tickets for the sure-to-be-incredible performances by these talented Black actors.
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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright Charles Fuller Dies at 83
The Oscar-nominated writer helped launch dozens of careers with his thought-provoking plays.
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Jesse Williams’ Manhood Exposed For All The World To See In New Play [UPDATED]
A spectator secretly snuck the video of the actor's nude scene.
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Ohio 9-Year Old Black Child Starts Doll Business to Promote Boys Who look Like Him and …Trayvon Martin
Black boy is selling "Our Brown Boy Joy" dolls to promote a positive image and push for social justice.
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Computer Curtain Call: Yes, the 2020 Tony Awards Are Going Virtual
Broadway went dark (i.e. shut down) this spring due to coronavirus concerns, but that doesn’t mean the biggest show in theater won’t still go on! Per a press release sent to The Root, the 74th Annual Tony Awards will be broadcast digitally this fall. The Tony Awards Administration Committee will also be making final eligibility…
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'Meet Me Inside,' Because the Filmed Production of Hamilton Is Coming to Disney+ Sooner Than We Thought
Though “Da Rona” is steadily trying to bring us down, it looks like Summer 2020 has a bright spot to look forward to. Save the date, because the 11-time-Tony Award, Grammy Award, Olivier Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning stage musical Hamilton will be dropping on Disney+ on July 3, 2020. That’s over a year earlier than…
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This Is Really Weird: Steve Bannon Wrote a Hip-Hop Play
In arguably the most perplexing twist to hit the Trump administration yet—and trust me, I know that’s saying a lot—the internet has unearthed a hip-hop musical about the Los Angeles riots written by white nationalist, chief strategist and real president of the United States, the man whom Trump calls Papa, Steve Bannon. I. Wish. I.…
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Youngest Victim in Pulse Nightclub Shooting Pleaded to 911 Dispatcher, 'I Don't Want to Die'
Akyra Murray, 18, had just graduated from West Catholic Preparatory High School in Philadelphia. She was set to play college basketball at Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pa. On June 12, she had traveled with her family to Orlando, Fla., and gone out to Pulse nightclub to celebrate the closing of one chapter in her life…