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Is This The Coachella 2012 Lineup?

The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: The Shins, Foo Fighters, Lmfao, Wilco, Coachella 2012 Lineup, No Doubt, Moby, Coachella 2012, Feist, The Root, Coachella Rumors, Radiohead, Los Angeles News

Its that time of year again... when holiday cheer and leaked Coachella line-ups fill our Facebook news feed. The latest "2012 Lineup" from StarzUnc...

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Touré and Henry Louis Gates Discuss 'Post-Blackness'

www.theroot.com | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Toure, The Root, Post-Blackness, Postblackness, Black Voices News

The Root's editor-in-chief, Henry Louis Gates Jr., sat down with Touré to talk about racial authenticity, being black during Obama's presidency and w...

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Black Journalists Returning To Black Press In Greater Numbers

cjr.org | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: Essence, African American Journalists, Black Press, Ebony, The Root, African American Journalism, Black Journalists, Media News

Mainstream journalism or a desire to delve more deeply into African-American issues. Whatever the reasons, with increasing frequency, African-American...

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Paper Rejects Negative Review Of New Malcolm X Bio

The Washington Post | David Montgomery, Thursday, April 14, 8:19 PM | Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention, Malcolm X Bio, Malcolm X, New Malcolm X Bio, Henry Louis Gates Jr., The Root, Manning Marable, Books News

A blistering review of historian Manning Marable’s best-selling new biography of Malcolm X was rejected this week by TheRoot.com, a daily online m...

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The Black Magi And Other Black Figures In European Christmas Art

theroot.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christmas, Black Saints, Wise Men, Religous Art, Black Magi, Black Christmas, Skip Gates, The Root, David Bindam, Henry Louis Gates, Religion News

Over the centuries, European artists depicted a variety of religious figures as black, most notably one of the Three Kings, or Magi, bearing gifts for...

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The Root Names Its Root 100

theroot.com | By Lauren | Posted 05.25.2011

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For the second year in a row, we have put together a list of 100 people who we believe represent the ideals of The Root. These individuals are impact...

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6 Million African Americans And The U.S. Immigration Story

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: u.s. History, Isabel Wilkerson, The Warmth of Other Suns, Blacks, American History, Civil Rights, African America, The South, The Great Migration, Henry Louis Gates Jr, Immigration, The Root, The North, The West, Jim Crow, Books News

Between 1915 and 1970, 6 million African Americans left the only homes they'd known in the American South in search of better lives and opportunities ...

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Um, What? WATCH Glenn Beck Call Brian Urlacher A 'Neo-Nazi'

Posted 05.25.2011

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Glenn Beck isn't afraid to rag on the biggest names in politics and media. Apparently, he's not afraid of one of the biggest names in sports, either -...

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Tanya Morgan: Sons Of the Native Tongue

Timothy Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reflection Eternal, Roy Miles, President Obama, Luscious Jackson, Biggie, Eminem, Politics, Mos Def, Lupe Fiasco, Tupac Shakur, Black Sabbath, The Root, Indie Hip-Hop, The Daily Show, Common, Hip-Hop, So Damn Down, Native Tounges, Talib Kweli, Nwa, Marilyn Manson, Comedy Central, Tool, Fiona Apple, MouthOff!, Pink Floyd, Showusyourmouthoff, Tanya Morgan, Brooklynati, Blackalicious, Antidivision, Hi-Tek, Entertainment News

The hip-hop trio Tanya Morgan, which consist of Brooklyn emcee/producer Von Pea and Cincinnati emcees Donwill and Ilyas, have set out to craft a signature sound of music that stands apart from industry standards.

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Black-Centric Website Edited By Gates Hit With Racist Comments

New York Times | Richard Perez-Pena | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Henry Louis Gates Jr. Arrest, The Root, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Henry Louis Gates, Media News

t was probably inevitable that in the furor over the arrest of the Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., some people would resort publicly to the u...

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Race in America: Comments on the Arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Martha St Jean | Posted 05.25.2011

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One commentator said, " I am tired of the race card being played every time a black person is arrested/questioned or anything else that happens with the police."

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Starting Simple and Changing the World

Autumn Saxton-Ross | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Community Service, Service Initiative, Inauguration, Obama Inauguration, Service, Washington DC, HuffPost Inauguration Ball, Barack Obama Inauguration, The Root, Healthy Living News

With the parallels between MLK day and inauguration I thought, "with all these folks coming into the city to kick it, why not put these people to work and show them parts of DC that are often overlooked or forgotten?"

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Washington Post Launches Black Slate

New York Times | Richard Perez Pena | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Don Graham, Washington Post, Skip Gates, The Root, Lynette Clemetson, Media News

In attempt to broaden its online audience, The Washington Post Company on Monday is to introduce an online magazine primarily for a black audience, wi...

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