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Inaugural Balling: Kicking Off 4 More Years
(The Root) — On Saturday, Jan. 19, black luminaries filed into the Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., for The Root’s second Inaugural Ball. More than 1,100 guests were in attendance as champagne flowed, DJs spinned and the band played to honor President Obama’s second swearing-in. Actors, activists, politicians and other notables graced our…
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FAMU Student Newspaper's Editor Ousted
Adviser Reportedly Cites Prospect of “Negative” Stories “The editor of the student newspaper at Florida A&M University learned via email today that he’s being replaced,” Michael Koretzky reported Wednesday for the Southern Drawl, a blog of the Society of Professional Journalists. “This is the totality of that email … “Thank you for submitting your application…
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'The Root Live' Video: Be Your Own Boss
(The Root) — In the fourth webisode of The Root Live, successful people shared their best habits, and in the latest webisode, which aired Wednesday, Jan. 23, successful people shared their secrets for how to become your own boss. Ronald Gault and Charlayne Hunter-Gault of RTG Trading; interior designer Sheila Bridges; Keith Clinkscales, CEO of…
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Coca-Cola: Coming Together
(Sponsored) The well-being of our families and communities concerns everyone. And finding a solution will take continued effort from all of us. Watch to learn more about how we can all make a real difference. At Coca-Cola, we believe when people come together good things happen.
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Diverse Views of a Diverse Inauguration
Pundits Display Personal, Ideological Filters The coincidence of the nation’s first black president being inaugurated for the second time on the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday Monday did not go unnoticed by pundits. Neither did President Obama’s delivery of what some called the most inclusive inaugural speech ever. How they interpreted that speech depended…
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'Django' Action Figures Dropped Amid Protests
Advocacy Groups, Writers Called Dolls Inappropriate “The controversial ‘Django Unchained’ action figures have officially been DISCONTINUED … after several African American groups called for a boycott of the dolls … TMZ has learned,” the TMZ website reported Friday. Later in the day, the Weinstein Co., the film’s producer, said in a statement, “We have tremendous…
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2nd Amendment Protected Slavery
Author Says Southerners Wanted to Keep Slave Patrols As Hollywood puts slavery back in the American consciousness and the reaction to the Newtown, Conn., shootings has the Second Amendment on the front burner, an author and talk-show host links the two in an intriguing way. “The Second Amendment was Ratified to Preserve Slavery,” reads the…
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Protests Quash 'All My Babies' Mamas'
“Author Sabrina Lamb was looking forward to kicking off her New Year with a bottle of champagne and a quiet walk on the beach. Instead, on the first day of January she was greeted with a video link from a friend of a brand-new reality show that sent chills down her spine,” Allison Samuels wrote…
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'The Root Live' Video: Habits for Success
(The Root) — Have you ever wanted to pick the brains of highly successful people to figure out how they got to where they are? The Root Live viewers had just that opportunity on Monday, Jan. 14, during the live taping of the fourth webisode of the series — which featured Tom Burrell, founder of…
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Kevin Hart Is Ready to Act a Fool
(The Root) — BET is keeping it not really real with its new, semiscripted reality spoof, The Real Husbands of Hollywood. The show, which premieres on Jan. 15, stars Kevin Hart, Boris Kodjoe, Duane Martin, J.B. Smoove, Robin Thicke and Nick Cannon as buddies who often dis one another but don’t take it to the…