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February 11, 2010
In his PBS series, Faces of America, The Root’s editor-in-chief, Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., traces the ancestry of 12 famous Americans. Take a look at excerpts from Elizabeth Alexander's interview.
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December 27, 2009
Mexico reconsiders its war on drugs, Poet and activist Dennis Brutus dies, and Percy Sutton, New York politician and businessman, 89, gone.
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May 1, 2009
Books on the Root talks with poet Staceyann Chin about her new memoir The Other Side of Paradise.
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