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Photographs by Charles “Teenie” Harris Image above: Small crowd gathered outside Studio Dee, WHOD radio station, Herron and Centre Avenues, Hill District, August 1, 1951 A thing you should probably know about Black Pittsburgh’s relationship with Teenie is that we love to lie about him. Charles “Teenie” Harris captured at …

Meghan Markle has won a big legal battle against Associated Newspapers over privacy and copyright infringement. On Thursday (February 11), the Duchess of Sussex issued a statement after winning her claim against the Mail on Sunday’s publishers, who published five articles in February 2019 that reproduced parts of the handwritten …

Tessica Brown has been in a media firestorm after spraying Gorilla Glue in her hair. Thankfully, the Louisiana native went through a special procedure in Beverly Hills, California to free her hair from the adhesive and she is recovering. According to Entertainment Tonight, Brown’s manager, Gina Rodriguez, explained all of …

Written by Demetria Wambia Meagan Good and her sister La’Myia Good are taking their real life sibling bond to the small screen in the new lifetime movie, Death Saved My Life. The movie is part of Lifetime’s Ripped from the Headlines programming. Meagan stars as Jade, an ambitious executive who …

U.S. Capitol police officer Eugene Goodman, who received widespread praise for his actions during the Capitol riot, received more after a new video showed him directing Republican Mitt Romney away from the mob. The previously unseen footage from a security camera in the Capitol was played by House managers in …

Image: Courtesy of Matthew Cancel And we back and we back! The second week of Black History Month is well underway and of course The Root is back with another installment of some bomb virtual events to turn up (or turn down) to. We know life at the crib can …

On January 28, after New York Attorney General Letitia James called attention to New York’s undercount of deaths in nursing homes, state Health Commissioner Howard Zucker issued a statement that attributed to New York State nursing homes an additional 3,829 deaths that occurred as far back as March 1, 2020. …

Tessica Brown lit up the internet with a Tik Tok video in which she confessed to using Gorilla Glue spray on her hair. Her saga went viral, with many people showing sympathy but more than a few making fun of the 40-year-old mother of five. Now, she wants the world …

Reuters – Dozens of former Republican officials, who view the party as unwilling to stand up to former President Donald Trump and his attempts to undermine U.S. democracy, are in talks to form a center-right breakaway party, four people involved in the discussions told Reuters. The early stage discussions include …

After being recognized as the first Black woman principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre, Misty Copeland is now writing a book, Black Ballerinas, to uplift young aspiring dancers.  On Tuesday (Feb. 9), Copeland announced to People that her new book is aimed to reach ages 10 and up and will …