African American Families: Balancing Business and Family
On a summer evening, Karen Tappin pulls up to collect her 6-year old daughter from a full day of African, tap, ballet, and hip-hop...
Versailles ’73: American Runway Revolution
OPINION
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Christopher A. Daniel
While a great deal of society and their social media accounts overwhelmingly praised First Lady Michelle Obama’s address at the 2012 Democratic...
Bill Duke’s ‘Dark Girls’ Documentary on OWN Tonight
Seminal actor/director Bill Duke's documentary Dark Girls will premiere on OWN, Oprah Winfrey's Network tonight at 10 p.m. EST. Dark Girls explores issues of...
2014 SAG Awards: Lupita Nyong’o Wins Best Actress Award
Jevon Phillips of the Los Angeles Times is reporting that Lupita Nyong'o won the Screen Actors Guild award for female actor in a supporting...
Zoe Saldana Speaks on Nina Simone Biopic Controversy
American Actress Zoe Saldana responds to critics who have publicly decried Saldana for being cast as music legend Nina Simone in an upcoming biopic....
Viola Davis Response to NYT Shade is “Classically Beautiful”
The Root is reporting that Viola Davis responded to being called "less classically beautiful", by Alessandra Stanley of The New York Times, during an appearance on The View....
United States: Check out PBS’ Africa
A joint venture between Thirteen/WNET New York's NATURE and National Geographic Television, AFRICA is an eight-part series, shot in widescreen, super 16mm format, that...
Africans Launch Blogs to Repair Image of Continent
Ebony.com is highlighting a number of Africans that are launching publications to combat the negative stereotypes of Africans in culture and society. Nana Ekua...
Lions Facing Extinction in West Africa
BBC News Africa is reporting that the lion in Africa is critically endangered. A new survey states that there has been a "catastrophic collapse"...
Nassali Kiggundu: Fashion Fair’s Fresh New Face
Nsenga K. Burton (Editor-in-Chief of TheBurtonWire.com), editor-at-large for TheRoot.com, had the opportunity to chat with Nassali Kiggundu, Fashion Fair Cosmetics' new face for their...
