Tag: The Root

Mr. Peanut Dabbin’ the at Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade

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John Lewis’ Graphic Novel to Be Taught in NYC Public Schools

LINK: “March” will give students an eye-witness memoir of the civil rights movement of the 1960s

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Being Black at Google

Black employees @ tech giant building their own community in an industry lacking diversity

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What Clean Energy Initiative Means for Communities of Color

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#BlackTwitter Claps Back at LA Times “Black Twitter” Columnist

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Hunger Games Star Amandla Stenberg Is Spending Summer Vacation Teaching

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Who Was the 1st Black Female PhD?

They Did It First

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#BlackTwitter is one of the most powerful forces on social media

It Cannot Be Denied

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1st successful American-born magician was a black man

Abracadabra!

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1st African-American MIT Graduate Honored With Stamp

Robert Robinson Taylor, the country’s first academically trained black architect

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