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    Top 5 Whitney Houston Performances

    by Genetta M. Adams

    From a Super Bowl song to a pre-fame variety show visit, here are the late legend's best

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    Remembering Whitney Houston

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    Watching the late singer's public fall from grace was painful, but her talent transcended all.

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    Fashion Week's Message-Driven Kickoff

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    The biannual New York event started with a fashion-art expo and a talk about black women's images.

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    How to Be the Black Friend

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    Comedian Baratunde Thurston breaks it down in his memoir, How to Be Black.

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    • Leslie Uggams on Fame and 'Roots'

      One of the first black TV stars tells Henry Louis Gates Jr. about life in the spotlight -- and why she thinks Roots wouldn't be made today.

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    • Meet Our Future: 25 Young Black Innovators

      Watch our video and learn more about this year's crop of Young Futurists.

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      We don't talk about race as honestly as we did after Roots aired 35 years ago, Leslie Uggams tells Henry Louis Gates Jr.

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    • Touré: There's No One Way to Be Black

      He talks with Henry Louis Gates Jr. about his new book, Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness.

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    • Notables Share Their Holiday Memories

      At The Root 100 gala, honorees talk family traditions and what they're excited for this season.

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      The Root caught up with demonstrators in the aftermath of the clearing of New York City's Zuccotti Park on Nov. 15.

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      From Barack Obama's front yard, protesters talk about the movement and why they're camping out.

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    • Partying With The Root 100

      At our recent gala, the 2011 class of The Root 100 shared what it means to make our list.

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    • Melody Barnes on Leaving White House

      Exclusive video from The Root: Find out how Obama's domestic policy adviser feels about the legacy she leaves behind.

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