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The Root Day of Service
Natalie Hopkinson is a Washington, D.C.-based author whose current projects deal with the arts, gender and public life. She is the author of Go-Go Live: The Musical Life and Death of a Chocolate City. Follow her on Twitter. PHOTOS BY AARON ROBERTS A detail from a painting of Marvin Gaye taken from inside the Riverside Center in Northeast…
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The Inaugural Obama Cutout Gallery
Natalie Hopkinson is a Washington, D.C.-based author whose current projects deal with the arts, gender and public life. She is the author of Go-Go Live: The Musical Life and Death of a Chocolate City. Follow her on Twitter. Obama’s cutout emissary was on hand at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History to snap photos with guests at…
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Mr. Obama's Washington
“I brushed the boots of Washington.” —-Langston Hughes in “Negro” On the day it became Mr. Obama’s Washington, steam still fogged the windows at Henry’s, a soul food staple not far from the White House. Go-go music still blasted from loud speakers at the corner of 7th and U. The U Street club Republic Gardens…
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Sign Up for The Root’s Day of Service
TODAY, 12pm: Join the washingtonpost.com Live Online discussion on GOING GREEN FOR THE INAUGURATION with The Root’s associate editor Natalie Hopkinson and Washington Parks & People founder Steve Coleman. In the days leading up to the inauguration of Barack Obama, Washington, D.C. will be transformed into one big, jubilant street festival. We at The Root have nothing…
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