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  • Inaugural Balling: Kicking Off 4 More Years

    (The Root) — On Saturday, Jan. 19, black luminaries filed into the Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., for The Root’s second Inaugural Ball. More than 1,100 guests were in attendance as champagne flowed, DJs spinned and the band played to honor President Obama’s second swearing-in. Actors, activists, politicians and other notables graced our…

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  • 'The Root Live' Video: Be Your Own Boss

    (The Root) — In the fourth webisode of The Root Live, successful people shared their best habits, and in the latest webisode, which aired Wednesday, Jan. 23, successful people shared their secrets for how to become your own boss. Ronald Gault and Charlayne Hunter-Gault of RTG Trading; interior designer Sheila Bridges; Keith Clinkscales, CEO of…

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  • Coca-Cola: Coming Together

    (Sponsored) The well-being of our families and communities concerns everyone. And finding a solution will take continued effort from all of us. Watch to learn more about how we can all make a real difference. At Coca-Cola, we believe when people come together good things happen.

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  • On the Scene at the Inaugural Parade

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  • 'Chappelle's Show' Co-Creator's Fave Skits

    It’s hard to believe that it’s been 10 years since Chappelle’s Show debuted on Comedy Central. Starring comic Dave Chappelle, the sketch-comedy series featured hilarious, irreverent takes on race (Clayton Bigsby, the black white supremacist), history (world’s greatest wars) and celebrity (R. Kelly‘s sex scandal), among other topics. It created oft-repeated catchphrases (“I’m Rick James,…

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  • Scenes From the 2013 Inaugural Ceremony

    On Monday, thousands of revelers flooded the National Mall to witness President Obama renew his oath to America. The stretch of bodies was an astonishing sight — so much so that just as President Obama retreated back into the Capitol after the swearing-in, he paused, took one last look at the massive crowd and said,…

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  • The Root Fetes Obama's 2nd Inauguration

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  • 14 Films That Matter at Sundance

    The Sundance Film Festival kicks off Thursday in Park City, Utah, with a respectable slate of movies that either deal with black subject matters or star some of Hollywood’s top black actors. While at first look the lineup does not seem as abundant as in years past, it’s quality, not quantity, that the festival prides…

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  • 'The Root Live' Video: Habits for Success

    (The Root) — Have you ever wanted to pick the brains of highly successful people to figure out how they got to where they are? The Root Live viewers had just that opportunity on Monday, Jan. 14, during the live taping of the fourth webisode of the series — which featured Tom Burrell, founder of…

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  • Kevin Hart Is Ready to Act a Fool

    (The Root) — BET is keeping it not really real with its new, semiscripted reality spoof, The Real Husbands of Hollywood. The show, which premieres on Jan. 15, stars Kevin Hart, Boris Kodjoe, Duane Martin, J.B. Smoove, Robin Thicke and Nick Cannon as buddies who often dis one another but don’t take it to the…

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