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Rapper Andre Johnson Severs Penis, Jumps From Building
Rapper Andre Johnson cut off his penis and jumped from a North Hollywood apartment building early Wednesday morning, police told CNN. According to the report, Johnson, who goes by the name “Christ Bearer” as a member of the Wu-Tang Clan-affiliated group Northstar, survived the fall with serious injuries. Johnson was being treated at Cedars-Sinai Medical…
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Report Finds a Resurgence of Segregation 60 Years After Brown v. Board of Education
In many parts of the South, you would never know that the landmark Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education declared separate schools for blacks and whites unconstitutional and inherently unequal. The resegregation of public schools is widespread and growing. The investigative news website ProPublica, in partnership with The Atlantic, presents a stunning and comprehensive…
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Scared to Start Investing? Watch The Root Live Now
In many African-American families, when we have an important issue to discuss, we gather in the kitchen and bring it to the table. That’s especially true of financial discussions, whether about how to pay the bills, how to send Junior to college or where to start looking for a new job. The Root Live: Bring…
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Winning Big Again: Pro Athletes Turned Entrepreneurs
For many professional athletes, the winning doesn’t stop once they leave sports. From George Foreman’s popular grills to Magic Johnson’s chain of movie theaters, professional athletes are making moves beyond the boxing ring, court and field. 1. Junior Bridgeman This former NBA player owns Bridgeman Foods Inc., which operates more than 160 Wendy’s and more than…
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Al Sharpton: The Teflon Preacher With 99 Lives—at Least
The Rev. Al Sharpton’s party got crashed this week when the Smoking Gun published—in a story conveniently timed to coincide with this week’s gathering of Sharpton’s National Action Network—official documents showing that going back to the ’80s, he went to work for the FBI as an informant against organized crime in New York. It’s an…
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Top Black Ad Men and Women You Won’t See on Mad Men
As much as we love the show Mad Men, the popular TV series has never really given pioneering black advertising executives their proper respect. As The Root’s article “The Other Mad Men” pointed out in 2010, Madison Avenue was not as lily white as the popular cable-TV show implies. With Mad Men heading into its…
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How Nikki Giovanni Linked Aretha Franklin to the Black Arts Movement
Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal sits down with Emily Lordi to discuss her new book, Black Resonance: Iconic Women Singers and African American Literature. Lordi is an assistant professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In this excerpt, they focus on the connection between poet Nikki Giovanni and singer Aretha Franklin. Watch:…
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Learning to Love Tax Season: Watch The Root Live Today at 11am
In many African-American families, when we have an important issue to discuss, we gather in the kitchen and bring it to the table. That’s especially true of financial discussions, whether about how to pay the bills, how to send Junior to college or where to start looking for a new job. For the next two…
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How to Find the Art of Cool in North Carolina
Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal sits down with Art of Cool Music Festival co-founder Cicely Mitchell to talk about the future of jazz and the festival, which takes place April 25-26 in Durham, N.C., with a stellar lineup of jazz artists. Mitchell explains how the festival builds interest in the artists with a series of…
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