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It’s Mother’s Day 2024! Let’s Celebrate TV’s Best Black Moms
Florida Evans, Athena Grant, Harriet Winslow and Vivian Banks are some of our favorite TV moms.
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The Queen Is Coming: Netflix Announces Bridgerton Spinoff Centering a Young Queen Charlotte
My dearest reader, ‘tis I—Lady Welpington of The Root. It has been quite a while since we’ve last spoken, but I’m beyond pleased that this meeting occasions some news I’m sure you’ll be most delighted to hear. Per the House of Variety, the wonderful world of Bridgerton will soon shine its spotlight on our favorite…
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The Purple One Would Approve: Pantone Finally Gets It Right With 2018’s Color of the Year
Full disclosure: I’m a Minnesota native. Minneapolis, to be exact. I’m also a black woman, and a musician who counts among her first musical memories seeing the Purple Rain tour live at the Humphrey dome in 1984. Suffice to say, last year I didn’t take Prince’s passing well … But while it may feel a…