The Washington Government Relations Group, the nation’s oldest organization for African-American…
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If you didn’t know any better, you might think, based on a flood of recent headlines about parenting-related…
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Michael Brown, 18, was on his way to his grandmother's house in Ferguson, Mo.—a surburb just outside of St. Louis —…
Believe it or not, it has been 25 years since we met Mookie, Sal, Da Mayor, Radio Raheem, Buggin’ Out and the crew…
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For the first time in 18 years, the American Black Film Festival is taking place in New York City. Running this year…
Jet magazine, the digest-sized magazine that has graced African-American homes, beauty salons and barbershops for…
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Editor’s note: This slideshow accompanies the article “Beyond Biracial: When Blackness Is a Small, Nearly Invisible…
Belle, a new movie about a biracial woman’s experience as a quasi-aristocrat in 18th-century Great Britain, is…
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The Inkwell, a coming-of-age story about Drew Tate and his family’s trip to Martha’s Vineyard, turns 20 this week.…
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Climate change and the environment may not sound like priority issues for communities of color, but they should be.…
Mainstream narratives about black men and their health include bloated beer bellies, postponed doctors’ appointments…
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The Rev. Al Sharpton’s party got crashed this week when the Smoking Gun published—in a story conveniently timed to…
As much as we love the show Mad Men, the popular TV series has never really given pioneering black advertising…
On April 13, 1997, Tiger Woods became the first African American to win the Masters. Here are 16 other black…
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It’s a 20-year tradition for students of Howard University: Skip the spring-break beach trips—and, really, any…
During the 1920s, the banana-skirt-wearing dancer-singer became a sensation in Europe for her unapologetic display…
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For Women’s History Month, The Root has been running profiles of women on our Facebook page who left an indelible…
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Diana Ross turns 70 this week. Patti LaBelle will join her in the septuagenarian club in a few months. Here’s a look…
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