On Sunday a remake of the film Steel Magnolias premieres on the Lifetime network, starring an all-black cast…
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When former CNN anchor T.J. Holmes debuts his new talk show, Don't Sleep! Oct. 1 at 11 p.m. ET on BET, he'll be…
The threat of thunderstorms didn't stop hip-hop's finest from turning out for the taping of the 2012 BET Hip Hop…
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Given the huge splash she made with her 2000 debut novel, White Teeth, biracial Brit author Zadie Smith became an…
Mickalene Thomas (American, b.1971), Qusuquzah Standing Sideways, 2012. Chromogenic photograph, framed: 60 x 70 1/2…
It's that time of year again when the African-American political elite from across the country and from all levels…
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Michael Arceneaux hails from Houston, lives in Harlem and praises Beyoncé’s name wherever he goes. Follow him on Twit…
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It's now been a quarter century since Michael Jackson released 1987's Bad, the follow-up to the tough act (and…
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Politicos, party officials, celebrities and more converged on Charlotte, N.C., from Sept. 4 to Sept. 6 for the 2012…
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Tracy Reese's Spring/Summer 2013 line made a fresh, bright debut at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week on Sunday. The…
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New Yorkers stepped out Thursday night in an array of fierce, odd, unique and impressive outfits during the fourth…
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If you want to see what's hot on black Twitter, check out The Chatterati.Akoto Ofori-Atta is the editor of The…
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Once again, the big five networks — ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox and the CW — and a few cable networks are trotting out new…
Martin Payne, the title character of the classic sitcom that ran from 1992 to 1997, was an egotistical male…
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The Root’s Young, Fabulous and Female event on Aug. 22 at New York City’s Open House Gallery wasn’t just about…
Keli Goff is The Root’s special correspondent. Follow her on Twitter.
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As co-authors Yuval Taylor and Jake Austen explore in their exhaustively researched book, Darkest America: Black…
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On Wednesday, Aug. 22, New York artists, media moguls, entrepreneurs, mothers, daughters and sisters made their way…
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If you want to see what's hot on black Twitter, check out The Chatterati.Akoto Ofori-Atta is the editor of The…
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