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The Root is gathering wisdom from 100 influential Black thought leaders, creatives, and innovators this year. Their work has shaped culture, challenged norms, and reimagined success. Here are a few inspirational words that Georgia @SenatorWarnock (D) shared with The Root.

We’re honoring the contributions Black people have made to our culture through a curated collection of wisdom from 100 of the most influential Black thought leaders, creatives, and innovators. Here’s what “Insecure” actor @jeanelie shared with The Root.

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Banner has since clarified that his comments were aimed at a system that has manipulated Dr. King’s image since his passing. But the conversation continues.

Rapper David Banner recently sparked an intense conversation, claiming Martin Luther King Jr. regretted the fight for integration. Now, the civil rights icon’s youngest daughter Bernice has weighed in, saying, “Daddy’s goal was never assimilation.”

Earlier this year, the administration issued sweeping pardons for roughly 1,500 rioters, effectively wiping away their criminal records. Now, financial rewards may be next. Read more: theroot.com/trump-s-new-1-…

A bizarre legal twist has connected the 2021 Capitol insurrection to a personal tax dispute between President Donald Trump and the IRS.

The Justice Department’s “Anti-Weaponization Fund” could put cold, hard cash into the pockets of January 6 Capitol rioters for “reimbursement” 👀 Here’s how.

He successfully defended his master’s thesis, “Interdisciplinary Approach to Mentorship through the lens of the epic poem ‘The Odyssey.’” O’Neal says he plans on teaching a class on mentorship, taking his studies further to help young athletes and fill a sports psychology gap.

The basketball champ and business mogul was drafted to the NBA while at LSU in 1992. He later returned to complete his bachelor’s degree in 2000, and just last week, Shaq crossed the graduation stage to receive his master’s degree.

.@SHAQ revealed on Tuesday’s episode of ESPN’s “NBA Tip-Off” that he is close to being hired as a professor at Louisiana State University.

“Quinta so embodies Betty’s love of life, intelligence, humor, sassiness and compassion that the relationship between her as Betty and Max burst into life at its mere mention,” Fleischer wrote.

Brunson’s Fifth Chance Productions is developing the movie in partnership with Fleischer Studios; Mark Fleischer is notably the grandson of the creator of Betty Boop.

Emmy Award winner Quinta Brunson will star as Betty Boop in a live action feature film.

.@RepJasmine was fed up with the equivocating about racism and white supremacy during a House Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday. The GOP is investigating the Southern Poverty Law Center in a move meant to erode white Americans’ understanding of racism and prejudice.

In a curated collection of wisdom, The Root is speaking to 100 of the most influential Black thought leaders, creatives, and innovators who have shaped culture, challenged systems, and redefined success. Here’s what writer and actor @DewaynePerkins shared with The Root.