Wiley College’s famous debate team recently received the next round of support from actor Denzel Washington’s Family Foundation. The fourth $100,000 payment of $1 million dates back to a promise made in 2007 to lend a hand to students at the historically Black college in Texas, according to a press …
Read More »Chris Paul Joins Forces With Basketball Hall of Fame to Launch HBCU Tournament
Photo: Slaven Vlasic (Getty Images) In recent years, we’ve seen NBA superstar Chris Paul do plenty to put on for HBCUs. He regularly pays tribute with his attire, led an early voting march and unveiled an “HBCU Sneaker Tour” in October, and currently attends Winston-Salem State to complete his bachelor’s …
Read More »Why So Many Millennials Are Obsessed With Dogs
Jason Fulford and Tamara Shopsin This article was published online on July 29, 2021. Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, I have asked one question more than any other. It’s come up time and again, day and night, as frequently in my post-vaccination spring and summer as it did …
Read More »6 Times Jordyn Woods Wowed The Internet
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Read More »A Black Father Pens a Book and His 7-Year Old Son Is The Illustrator
A father and son team in Oakland, Ca. took the initiative to joyfully deviate from what is typically said about Black boys being disinterested in books. Omar Bala noticed that his son, Khalil Bala showed an aptitude for creating cartoon characters as early as four years old. Omar ultimately assisted …
Read More »'The Black Male Needs to Put These Black Chicks in Their Place': A Karen Has Lost Her Mind in California
Screenshot: Nicholas Wilkerson/ YouTube Listen: It is well known that white women suffer from Black woman envy. In Kim Kardashian’s America and on Bhad Bhabie’s internet, there is no doubt about this. But that white woman melanin-vy doesn’t always manifest itself in appropriation and Black-fishing—sometimes it’s just a white woman …
Read More »This Picture Has Major Moon Potential
The cosmos has a knack for making something out of very little. It molds stars from clouds of dust and gas, planets from the residue left over from the creation of stars, and moons from the scattered fragments around newly glazed planets. The universe spins cosmic matter around, guided by …
Read More »The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games: How Black Excellence Is
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics are well underway. As of Wednesday morning, the United States leads the world with 31 total medals, including 11 golds, 11 silver, and nine bronze. Japan, though, has the most gold medals with 13. Below is a list of Black athletes who have been attempting to …
Read More »NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley Had Choice Words For The Unvaccinated
National Basketball Association (NBA) legend and current TNT analyst Charles Barkley has never been one to mince words and it doesn’t seem like that fiery personality will diminish any time soon. The Hall of Famer went on a rant during a CNBC interview earlier this week, saying that “Everybody should …
Read More »'What Made That Decade Special?': The Root Presents: It's Lit! Revisits the Enigmatic '80s With Adrian Loving
Image: Design-Diversity.org I was born in the mid-’70s, but I am distinctly a child of the ’80s. It is the era in which I came of age, alongside a generation raised largely on John Hughes and “Quiet Storm.” In fact, the oft-forgotten Generation X was in many ways foundational—and groundbreaking. …
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