The case of Troy Davis, who's scheduled to be executed tonight by the state of Georgia for the murder of an off-duty…
It takes a while to get to the top, but the current crop of blacks who head government affairs offices in Washington…
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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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Fashion Week attendees are embracing lots of animal patterns, including snake prints. And turbans are simply…
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Jackson was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in March 1965, becoming the first African American to receive…
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African Americans and Madison Avenue share a complex and often contentious history. As The Root's article "The Other…
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Flanked by fellow H.U. contestants Theo Hollingsworth and OC, rapper Trigga Tay reps for H.U. on the mic at The Root'…
November 1996: The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory is the last album in which Tupac had creative control and the…
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With 400-plus members, 10 drum majors and more than 100 years of zigzag formations and booty-shakin' tunes, Florida…
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Both Howard and Morehouse boast some very notable alumni, professors and, well, dropouts. In honor of the Nation's…
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Ntsiki Biyela is an oddity in South Africa: She is a winemaker. She stands out not for her profession in this…
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By the late '20s, Armstrong's influence as a trumpeter and vocal stylist was central to what jazz was and would…
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This moving scene on the edge of the Boston Common depicts black volunteer soldiers and their white colonel as they…
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At the 1999 VMAs, Afeni Shakur and Voletta Wallace, the mothers of slain rappers Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G.,…
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It's tall (the centerpiece sculpture is 30 feet), expensive (the final cost is $120 million) and sprawling (the…
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Rice University
Instead of focusing on how hip-hop and religion clash, Rapper Bun B of the iconic Southern hip-hop…
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Many assume that the filmmaker was born in New York, but Shelton Jackson Lee, nicknamed Spike by his mother, was…
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The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, featuring fascinating details about local, national and international rights…
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Obama told NPR last month, “What I really want right now is to get a debt-ceiling deal for my birthday.” His…
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