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Meet the Hero Campus Officer Who Ran Off the Jacksonville Shooter From a Local HBCU.

Prior to killing three innocent Black people at a Dollar General store, Ryan Palmeter visited Edward Waters University.

By

Noah A. McGee

Published

August 29, 2023
Entertainment, Music

Rolling Loud New York City to be Headlined by Nicki Minaj, A$AP Rocky and Future

This is the third Rolling Loud NYC festival since it was created in 2019.

By

Noah A. McGee

Published

June 15, 2022
Clapback/Mailbag, Opinion

The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: Believe

Each Friday, we clap back at readers’ emails, DMs, tweets and messages. We do it because we care.

By

Michael Harriot

Published

July 23, 2021
Entertainment, Television

O-T Fagbenle Will Be the Barack to Viola Davis' Michelle in Showtime Anthology Series, The First Lady

In 2019, we first heard that Viola Davis would be portraying former (and forever) first lady Michelle Obama in an upcoming Showtime anthology series aptly titled, The First Lady. After quite a wait, we finally know who will be portraying Barack Obama in the series. Variety has confirmed that O-T Fagbenle (The Handmaid’s Tale) will…

By

Tonja Renée Stidhum

Published

February 26, 2021