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Do You Know the 4 Little Girls' Names?
(The Root) — The identities of the four little girls who died in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing Sept. 15, 1963, have been lumped together to serve to reference a point in the struggle for civil rights. The girls came to represent the violence black people endured at the hands of the Ku Klux…
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Zimmerman's Lawyer: Don't Ask Me About Domestic Incident
On Tuesday Mark O’Mara, the lead defense attorney in the George Zimmerman second-degree-murder trial, told CNN that he would not be representing Zimmerman in any legal proceedings involving estranged wife Shellie Zimmerman, who filed for divorce last week. “I am not representing George Zimmerman in his recent domestic altercation case or his impending divorce case,”…
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LeBron James to Be Executive Producer of Cable Series
Miami Heat star LeBron James, in conjunction with Tom Werner, a producer for The Cosby Show and Roseanne, will executive-produce a series for the Starz cable network, according to Black Enterprise. The sitcom, tentatively titled Survivor’s Remorse, will chronicle what two friends experience when one of them becomes extremely successful, as happened to James. The series will reportedly be set…
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Top House Republicans Support Obama's Plans to Strike Syria
On Tuesday, Speaker of the House John Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor expressed their support of President Barack Obama’s call to action against Syria for its alleged use of chemical weapons against rebel forces and civilians, according to the New York Times. With two leading House Republicans on board, Obama may find it…
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London Calling: Top Black British Actors
A growing number of black British actors and actresses are booking roles in blockbuster films and television shows in the U.S., and yet most Americans learn of their British background only when the King’s English flows out of their mouths — ever so eloquently — during press interviews. The Root rounded up a list of…
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Can Eric Holder Summon Season 6 of 'The Wire'?
(The Root) — David Simon, the creator and lead writer of the HBO drama series The Wire, may owe viewers a sixth season of the critically acclaimed show in order to fulfill an offer he extended to Attorney General Eric Holder a few years back. As many may know, Holder, like President Obama, is a…
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Government to Sue Texas Over Voter-ID Law
On Thursday the U.S. Justice Department announced plans to sue the state of Texas because its voter-ID law violates the Voting Rights Act and the Constitution’s 14th and 15th amendments, the Washington Post reports. Attorney General Eric Holder, commenting on the lawsuit, described how the move is part of an ongoing effort to penalize any behavior seeking to take…
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Jay-Z's HBO Documentary Strives to Reunite Hip-Hop and the Arts
(The Root) — When Jay Z performed “Picasso Baby” in a swanky New York City art gallery last month, he looked polished in a crisp white button-up, and he wore one of hip-hop’s most iconic symbols: a gold chain. Just one week prior, exhibits ranging in price from $10,000 to half-a-million dollars filled the same…
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Trayvon's Hoodie to Be Displayed in Museum?
The National Museum of African American History and Culture, currently under construction in Washington, D.C., has expressed interest in ultimately acquiring one of the most iconic symbols of the Trayvon Martin movement: the hoodie Trayvon wore the night he was gunned down by George Zimmerman. It’s a move that the Rev. Al Sharpton would support,…
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Oscar Grant's Dad Can Sue Transit Officer
Oscar Grant’s father will be allowed to sue Johannes Mehserle, the Northern California transit officer who shot and killed his 22-year-old son, now that an appellate court has upheld a lower court’s ruling that the shooting was indeed involuntary manslaughter. The 2009 shooting of Grant has gained renewed attention in light of Trayvon Martin’s shooting…
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