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Taraji vs. Hayden: Who Wore Elizabeth & James Best?
Filed under: Celebrity Style , Red Carpet Taraji P. Henson looks like a glowing green goddess in this Elizabeth & James dress. The fab actress rang in the New Year in Las Vegas in the belted green...
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Reduce Black Unemployment: Find Jobs for Thousands of New Ex-Cons Released...
Filed under: News, The Economy From TheRoot.com: In an ideal America, our president would have told us [last] Tuesday night about his plan not only for fixing the jobs crisis but also for making it so...
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Happy Birthday, Langston Hughes!
Filed under: News, Profiles To say that Langston Hughes (pictured) was one of the greatest poets of all time is devaluing his contributions and his legacy to the world. Today marks the birth date of...
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Top Recruit Blames Facebook For Recruiting 'Nightmare'
Filed under: Football These should be happy times for top football recruit C.J. Johnson of Philadelphia, Mississippi. His biggest problem these days should be getting ready for life at college and...
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Anthony Mackie, Rashida Jones Among Blacks Chosen For Vanity Fair's Hollywood...
Filed under: News After receiving a slew of negative criticism for featuring only white women in last year's magazine issue, Vanity Fair added two blacks in their upcoming 17th annual Hollywood Issue....
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'The Spark' Episode 33: Q-Tip and Lola Ogunnaike Talk Oprah, Aretha and More!
Filed under: The Spark w/ Amanda Diva This week on "The Spark," legendary emcee/producer Q-Tip (pictured left) and journalist/reporter Lola Ogunnaike (pictured right) stop by to talk Oprah; the teen...
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Spike Lee to Black Men: Become Teachers for a Living
Filed under: Celebrity News, News, The Economy Spike Lee has always been an activist in his own way. Whether he is chronicling our history in films like 'Malcolm X,' or speaking out about our omission...
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Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon: Expecting A Boy and A Girl
In December, Nick Cannon shared with the world that he and wife Mariah Carey are expecting twins. Now, comes news that the couple is expecting a boy and a girl. The 'We Belong Together' singer told...
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Nun Falsely Blames Black Man for Rape, Later Recants Story
Filed under: News, Race and Civil Rights The Mysterious Unknown Black Man has struck again!! This time he raped a nun in New York City. This guy sure gets around. The New York Daily News is reporting...
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Can Breast Implants Give You Cancer?
Filed under: Women's Health, Disease Prevention, Cancer Let's face it, plastic surgery is a bit of a staple amongst our favorite Hollywood types. Whether it's something as minor as botox to keep the...
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Authorities Crack Down on Pimps and Prostitution at the Super Bowl
Filed under: Football The Super Bowl is a financial bonanza for anyone selling nearly anything to the thousands of spectators who come to town looking to spend money. But one thing that also sells...
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Dr. Boyce Video -- Dr. Byron Price Speaks on Black Male Mass Incarceration
Filed under: Dr. Boyce Money Most of us think that slavery was abolished with the Emancipation Proclamation, signed by Abraham Lincoln roughly 150 years ago. Unfortunately, that's not the truth. The...
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Is North African Political Strife More Important Than Sub-Saharan Africa?
Filed under: News, Politics, Race and Civil Rights, Media The flags of civil disobedience are waving across North Africa. In Tunisia, mass demonstrations went on for weeks and included acts as extreme...
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Chicago Mayoral Candidate Carol Moseley Braun Issues Apology After Calling...
Filed under: News, Politics, President Obama Under the glare of intense media scrutiny and criticism from her own supporters, a beleaguered Carol Moseley Braun issued an apology late Tuesday after...
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Louisiana Newspaper Accuses Klansman of Brutal 1964 Murder
Filed under: News, Race and Civil Rights Many things can be said of the small southern town of Ferriday, La., where I attended high school. The people are welcoming, the Trojan band is legendary and...
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Cheap Valentine's Day: The Working Man's Guide to a Recession-Friendly...
Filed under: Personal Finance, Savings Well, gentlemen, it's officially that time of year again. Nope, not time for the Super Bowl (Go Steelers!), it's time for the female equivalent of the Super Bowl....
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Carlina White Thought Mom Was a Drug Addict
Filed under: News, Profiles Carlina White (pictured above), the woman taken from a New York hospital as an infant and raised by her kidnapper for 23 years, thought that her birth mother was a drug...
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America I Am: Black Achievement Explored in Groundbreaking Exhibit
Filed under: News, Politics, President Obama, Race and Civil Rights Broadcaster Tavis Smiley doesn't mince words to describe the "America I Am" touring exhibit that opened in Washington D.C. Tueday to...
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Tony Parker, Eva Longoria Divorce Made Final
Filed under: Gossip, Basketball For those of you waiting for Tony Parker and Eva Longoria to become officially available, now is your chance. According to various reports, the Parker/Longoria divorce...
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Haitian Deported by U.S. Dies in Homeland Jail
Filed under: News, Politics, Race and Civil Rights It's sad that Wildrick Guerrier, 34, committed a crime that forced his deportation from the United States to Haiti. And its even sadder that Guerrier...
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