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That Donald Trump, with no prior political experience, was elected to the highest office of the most powerful country on earth was shocking. What exit poll data revealed was utterly astounding. More than half of the white women who voted — 53 percent — had voted for Donald Trump.
Read More >When Johnson Publishing, a black-founded and owned company, announced a little more than two weeks ago that it had sold Ebony and Jet to a private equity firm in Texas, there was a sense of loss. Traditional media companies have struggled for years to adapt to a digital world, but the pressure on black-owned media has been even more acute.
Read More >Hidden History: The story of the first African descendant to settle on New York’s Manhattan Island.
Read More >Rosa Parks would believe that #BlackLivesMatter, too. By Zeba Blay, the Huffington Post Sixty years ago on this day, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama…
Read More >Black women from all over Brazil, of different backgrounds, education and socioeconomic status, came together to protest widespread inequality. BY KIRATIANA FREELON, The Root They were lawyers, feminists, Christians, transgender women,…
Read More >By The Grio A Baltimore police officer has been suspended after video emerged showing him spitting in the face of a black man who he then charged with assault. The…
Read More >Jason Goolsby, 18, was tackled and handcuffed by D.C. police outside a bank.
Read More >A White Artist Wrote ‘Black Lives Matter’ 2,000 Times. But His Mural Almost Said ‘All Lives Matter.’
What happened when a black gallery owner in Detroit commissioned a large mural from a white artist as an homage to the Black Lives Matter movement.
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Julia Craven explains why Black Americans have a right to explore the roots and homes from which they were forcibly removed years ago.
Read More >Kamilah Brock says the New York City police sent her to a mental hospital for a hellish eight days, essentially because they couldn’t believe a black woman owned a BMW.
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