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Allison Samuels
New TV Series Helps Find Missing People of Color

Daily Beast columnist Allison Samuels writes about the Find Our Missing series, which launches on Wednesday to help find minorities whose stories have been overlooked by the mainstream media.

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Leonard Pitts Jr.
The New Jim Crow Is Alive and Thriving

The Miami Herald's Leonard Pitts Jr. promises to send 50 readers a free, autographed copy of the important book The New Jim Crow if they promise to read it.

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Jamelle Bouie
Smooth Sailing for Mitt Romney

Jamelle Bouie blogs at the American Prospect that Mitt Romney's opponents largely allowed him to take the spotlight during the GOP debate Monday night in South Carolina -- and the audience reaction, especially to questions of race, pretty much dominated the evening.

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Drum Major for Service

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One of the first black Marines, Theodore Peters, tells The Root why he still serves his community after all these years.

Reflections on MLK

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In the shadow of his new memorial in Washington, D.C., visitors share their thoughts on the legend.

The Globes Add a Little Diversity

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It was a good night for Octavia Spencer and Morgan Freeman -- but a bad one for Eddie Murphy.

Dark Girls

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The Root DC spoke with Bill Duke about his new documentary exploring the struggles of dark-skinned women.

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