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  • Watch The Root 100 on Aspire TV: ‘The Progressives’

    Aspire TV host Jamal Simmons calls the Rev. Howard-John Wesley “inspiring” and “courageous” for addressing tough personal issues in his wide-ranging interview, airing this week on Aspire TV’s The Root 100. The Alexandria, Va., pastor joins CNN’s Crossfire host Van Jones and LGBT-rights activist Danielle Moodie-Mills in this season’s second episode. “The Progressives” airs Wednesday,…

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  • What Drives You: Achievers Share Secrets of Success

    Harlem’s Schomburg Center Director Khalil Muhammad, online innovator Rachel Brooks and NAACP activist Jotaka Eaddy exemplify the qualities of influence and achievement that characterize the 2013 Root 100 honorees. In their own words, they each describe the events and the role models who have inspired them. Watch: Like The Root on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.

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  • Rapper Jasiri X on How He ‘Gets Free’

    Emcee and activist Jasiri X sits down to talk with Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal about current events and how he’s using social media and 1Hood Media to spread his message.

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  • The Root 100 Season 2 Premieres on Aspire TV

    Want to know why Jamal Simmons calls writer-director Issa Rae “hilarious”? You’ll find out when you tune in Wednesday, Nov. 27, at 8 p.m. ET to the season 2 premiere of Aspire TV’s The Root 100. The series, co-hosted by Suzanne Malveaux, features Simmons’ up-close interviews with some of the most influential African-American leaders and innovators…

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  • Nation of Islam Heir Safeguards Black History

    It seems fitting that the man who would become the keeper of the world’s largest repository of African-American history came into life already shaped by the past. Khalil Gibran Muhammad is the great-grandson of Elijah Muhammad, a man who led the Nation of Islam, mentored Malcolm X and pushed black communities to become more self-sufficient.…

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  • Left of Black With Public Enemy’s Chuck D

    For his Web series this week, Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal is joined by Chuck D of Public Enemy and his wife, Gaye Theresa Johnson. Professor Johnson teaches in the Department of Black Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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  • The Root Celebrates 2013 The Root 100 Honorees

    The Root staff joins the celebration of the 2013 The Root 100.

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  • The Root Celebrates 2013 The Root 100 Honorees

    The Root celebrated The Root 100 class of 2013 with a gala event at Tribeca Rooftop in New York City Thursday night. Political consultant Angela Rye and David Johns, executive director of the White House Initiative for Educational Excellence for African Americans, were both named to the list for their achievement and influence.

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  • The Root Celebrates 100 Influencers and Achievers in 2013

    The Root celebrated the achievements of its 2013 The Root 100 honorees at a gala event held at the Tribeca Rooftop in New York City Thursday night.

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  • The Root Celebrates 100 Influencers and Achievers in 2013

    The Root 100 gala celebration was held at the Tribeca Rooftop in Lower Manhattan, with more than 250 attendees.

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