Events
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Solange Pulls Out of Coachella 2019 Due to 'Major Production Delays'
Sorry kids, it looks like “Sol-chella” is indefinitely postponed. Citing “major production delays,” Variety reports that Solange’s scheduled headlining appearance will not be going on as planned, as tweeted by Coachella’s official account on Sunday. “Due to major production delays, Solange will unfortunately no longer be performing at this year’s festival. She sends her sincerest…
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2019 NAACP Image Awards: 'We Have the Gavel and We Know How to Use It!'
There is nothing like celebrating our own and highlighting black excellence amongst our family. The NAACP Image Awards is just that—a family reunion that is black as hell. I appreciate that. This year is a special one—the 50th NAACP Image Awards, once again celebrating the best in film, television, music, literature, and social justice figures.…
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2019 Young Futurists: For These 25 Game Changers, the Future Is Now
Whoever said youth is wasted on the young, clearly didn’t know the 25 brilliant, creative and passionate young people who make up this year’s Young Futurists list. Since 2011, The Root has celebrated 25 exceptional African Americans who’ve excelled in the fields of arts and culture; enterprise and corporate innovation; green innovation (the environment); science…
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In Living Color, 25 Years Later: Pilot Screening and Panel with the OGs to be Featured at 2019 Tribeca Film Festival
You can do what you wanna dooooo… Full disclosure: I was about six years old when In Living Color premiered. I may or may not have had any business watching the program that would become my first introduction to sketch comedy with black talent at the lead. Tiny Tonja immediately fell in love with the…
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2019 Young Futurists: Nominate the African-American Leaders Who Aren’t Waiting to Change the World
Do you know any young activists who are working to bring social justice to their communities? The bookish, nerdy kids who are using their skills to create what could be that next big thing in science and tech? That young, savvy entrepreneur who has gone beyond the lemonade stand to create his or her own…
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And the Category Was… LGBTQ+ Love and Support at TrevorLIVE, Featuring the Cast of Pose
The Trevor Project is a blessing for LGBTQ youth, but many attendees of its annual event, TrevorLIVE LA, weren’t afforded the privilege of such a wonderful service. The Trevor Project is the world’s largest organization specifically designed to serve as crisis intervention for youth within the LGBTQ community. Every year, the organization gathers to honor…
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The Root 100 Gala Takes the Cake, Yet Again, as the Best and Blackest Night of the Year
“We had a lot of competition in the beginning, a lot of imitators but they’ve fallen away. And The Root’s still here.” – Henry Louis Gates Jr., The Root Co-founder text Every Root 100 gala is special, but this year was particularly momentous. Along with celebrating our 100 honorees, The Root also celebrated its 10th…
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The 2018 Root 100 Gala Celebrates Another Year of Black Excellence!
We celebrate black excellence every day here at The Root, but there’s one event where we celebrate the most influential black Americans of the year: our annual Root 100 gala. 2018’s list of luminaries, nominated in part by our faithful readers, span all walks of life: from activists to artists, singers to scientists, politicians to…
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Tarana Burke Tops The Root 100, Our Annual List of the Most Influential African Americans
Check out The Root 100, our annual celebration of black excellence.
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This Is Not a Drill: Your New Best Friends, Michelle Obama, Janelle Monáe and Angela Rye Want to See You at Spelman
Join The Root and special guests Janelle Monáe and Angela Rye as we partner up with Michelle Obama’s When We All Vote campaign at the campus of Spelman College on Thursday, Sept. 27. The event is part of #WhenWeAllVote’s Week of Action; all around the country, our #ForeverFirstLady and her campaign co-chairs will host registration…