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Beverly Bond Wants Black Girls to Rock
Beverly Bond has reinvented herself from a disc jockey and fashion model to a self-esteem guru for black girls. In Part 3 of The Root 100 Mentorship Series, the creator of Black Girls Rock! (and member of the 2011 class of The Root 100) explains that her organization helps young women find their best selves…
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Baratunde Thurston Tries Everything
Baratunde Thurston would never have known how much he liked writing if his mother (and chief mentor, he says) hadn’t told him to try everything. The How to Be Black author, who is also a member of the 2011 class of The Root 100, now passes that important message along when he mentors young kids.…
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Which Ancestor Do You Wish You Could Meet?
At a panel held after the premiere screening for Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s new genealogy-themed PBS series, Finding Your Roots, in New York City on Monday, Gates asked Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker and Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) a poignant question: If you could go back in time to get to know one person from your…
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Melanie Roussell: 'We Can Always Do More'
Melanie Roussell, press secretary for the Democratic National Comittee and member of the 2011 class of The Root 100, has “made it” in her career. But she told The Root that’s not enough. Successful people, she said, have a responsibility not only to mentor but also to give back to the community, HBCUs and others.…
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Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
