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In his new 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.
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Faces of America--Elizabeth Alexander -
Mexico reconsiders its war on drugs, Poet and activist Dennis Brutus dies, and Percy Sutton, New York politician and businessman, 89, gone.
Mexico Reconsiders Drug War; Dennis Brutus, 85; Percy Sutton, 89. -
Books on the Root talks with poet Staceyann Chin about her new memoir The Other Side of Paradise.
Poet Staceyann Chin Talks About Her New Memoir The Other Side of Paradise
