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Buggin' Out on DTRT's Haters
In this vintage footage from 1990, film critic Armond White sounds off on the mainstream coverage of Do the Right Thing, dissecting how American racial angst affected the film’s critical reception. Arguably the country’s most famous black film critic, Armond White has served as staff film critic at the New York Press since 1994. He…
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BOOKMARK: Walter Mosley
In our ongoing video series Bookmark, The Root talks to authors to find out the personal stories behind their talked-about books. Here, Walter Mosley talks about life after Easy Rawlins, the critically acclaimed hero of his noirish crime series. The novelist talks about the shift from looking at the black-and-white 1950s-era Los Angeles to the…
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Bryant Terry Book Signing
WATCH VIDEO of Bryant Terry’s recent book signing in San Francisco.
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John Hope Franklin on Obama's Presidency
In a June 2008 recording, the historian and author ponders the possibility of seeing a black president in his lifetime. Franklin passed away on March 25, 2009 at age 94.
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Tavis Smiley: Holding Barack Obama 'Accountable'
In our ongoing video series Bookmark, The Root talks to authors to find out the personal stories behind their talked-about books. Here, Tavis Smiley reveals the nail-biting process of preparing completely different versions of his new book, Accountable: Making America As Good As Its Promise. And of course, he promises to hold President Obama’s feet to the fire and…
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Ruby Dee Looks Back at 50 Years of 'Raisin'
‘A Raisin in the Sun’ opened on Broadway on March 11, 1959, rattling the theater world and the country. The Root’s Editor-in-Chief Henry Louis Gates Jr. visited with Ruby Dee at her home to reminisce about the play’s place in history and relevance today. Read the rest of The Root’s Raisin @ 50 coverage: Gates…
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(Black) Presidents Day
Presidents Day at the museum has a whole new meaning, now that there’s a brother on the wall. Read the related article by Teresa Wiltz.
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The Next Generation of Black Medical Genius
In part of a regular conversations series for The Root on the new black visionaries, famed neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson, has a conversation with his young protege, Dr. James Frazier. The colleagues at Johns Hopkins Medical Center discuss everything from what every child should know, to how to pay it forward to why Carson rarely…
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The End of Black History Month (?)
A multicultural swirl of faces came to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History for The Root Inaugural Ball to fete the arrival of our new president. The iconic setting and diverse crowd of revelers begged the question: Is it time to end the segregation of teaching history? Watch as The Root correspondents Helena Andrews…