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Events, The Root Institute

Lessons from Brilliant Black Minds at the 2023 Root Institute

The event was filled with wisdom that will help us build a better Black America.

By

Amira Castilla

Published

September 26, 2023
Events, The Root Institute

The Official Lineup for the 2023 Root Institute

Live on campus of Howard University, America’s greatest Black minds converge for an all-day summit of ideas and action.

By

The Root Staff

Published

September 19, 2023
Events, The Root Institute

You’re Invited to The Root Institute 2023

Speaker details are now live for The Root’s annual gathering of America’s greatest Black minds. Join us for full day of conversations in our nation’s capital.

By

Tatsha Robertson

Published

September 15, 2023
News, Race Matters

Maybe America Is Racist

A few years ago, while covering a story on Republican New Hampshire legislator Werner Horn, I summoned the best and brightest scholars that America had to offer. Horn, who represents his 95.9 percent white hometown in his state’s House of Representatives, confounded people who actually know things by stating that “owning slaves doesn’t make you…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

April 12, 2021
News

A Republican Legislator Said Slavery Wasn't Racist Because Slave Owners 'Were Making Money.' Then Things Got Even Weirder

A New Hampshire state legislator is under fire for insisting that “owning slaves doesn’t make you racist.” In a private interaction with a former New Hampshire resident and during an interview with The Root, the Republican lawmaker doubled and tripled down on his assertion by altering the definition of the word “racist,” rewriting history and…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

July 24, 2019