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Thursday, October 14, 2021

Black in the Day: Barrettes, Blue Magic and Other Ways We Laid Our Hair

Black in the Day is an ongoing series about Black nostalgia that covers very specific topics. This week it’s all about hairstyles and the products that shaped our manes from the ’80s to the early 2000s. 

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Family of Black Woman Found Dead Inside a Police Van in Alabama Refuses to Accept Autopsy Results

The family of Christina Nance, whose body was found last week in an unused police van in a Huntsville, Ala., police parking lot, say they aren’t accepting a recent autopsy report that said there was no foul play in her death. They plan to have a private autopsy performed on her, according to Fox 54. 

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'It’s Time White America Pays Attention': The Root Presents: It's Lit! and Keith Boykin Run Down the Race Against Time

For most of us, it didn’t take an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol to know we were living in a deeply divided America—one-half of which had been literally rallied into a frenzy by Donald J. Trump. For political commentator and New York Times bestselling author Keith Boykin, a veteran of the Clinton administration who…

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Netflix Employees Plan Walkout Over Dave Chappelle’s Special as Co-CEO Ted Sarandos Doubles Down in Support

On Tuesday, The Root reported that a trans employee and a handful of others who were suspended after trying to attend a director-level meeting that they weren’t invited to. The trans employee in particular, Terra Field, had previously spoken out against Netflix’s decision to house Dave Chappelle’s latest comedy…

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First She Beefed With Denzel, Now Katie Couric Admits to Editing Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Negative Comments on Kneeling Protest

I don’t know what kind of tour this is that Katie Couric is on, but she might want to look at drinking a tall glass of STFU.

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Pride & Prejudice: Exploring Black LGBTQ+ Histories and Cultures

  In the rich tapestry of history, the threads of Black LGBTQ+ narratives have often been overlooked. This journey into their stories is an ...