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91. Dario Calmese

Now a history-making photographer for his July/August 2020 cover of Vanity Fair, Calmese is also a multidisciplinary creative with a client list that includes Pyer Moss, Public School NYC and Beyoncé: bit.ly/2RJhQZx #TheRoot100
90. Sarah M. Broom (@sarahmbroom)

Broom's powerful debut, the bestselling memoir The Yellow House, has been hailed as a modern classic, winning the 2019 National Book Award for nonfiction: bit.ly/3mIk8GD #TheRoot100
89. Kyndra Frazier (@Kyndinc)

Frazier, an associate pastor at one of New York City's biggest churches, works at the intersection of identity, faith and mental health to make the church more inclusive of the LGBTQ community and others: bit.ly/32QbQEM #TheRoot100
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This year’s list of honorees on #TheRoot100 is a reminder of the beauty and brilliance of Blackness, at a time when the political and cultural landscape has grown even more hostile to the idea of Black achievement: bit.ly/2ZUtS6T
100. Kirk A. Moore (@KirkWrites79)

Kirk Moore has consistently been outspoken about the lack of diversity in Hollywood's writers' rooms: bit.ly/3kBAyhV #TheRoot100
99. Reva McPollom (@revadigital)

The Lessonbee founder's innovative, culturally responsive mental and sexual health curriculum has been approved for use in Chicago Public Schools: bit.ly/3hNNDmr #TheRoot100
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This year’s list of #TheRoot100 honorees is a reminder of the beauty and brilliance of blackness, at a time when the political and cultural landscape has grown even more hostile to the idea of black achievement! trib.al/dCxtJMy
No. 100: Elizabeth Lindsey (@elindse1)

Lindsey is the executive director of Byte Back, an organization that trains underrepresented communities in tech-sector careers: trib.al/2STc2Br
No. 99: Brooke Obie (@BrookeObie)

The managing editor of black film and TV site @shadowandact sparked a national conversation about Green Book, another in a long line of films that centered whiteness at the expense of compelling black stories: trib.al/rtf4FPh
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This year’s #TheRoot100 list of honorees is a reminder of the beauty and brilliance of blackness!

Honoring the best and brightest of black America continues to be a revolutionary act and we salute this year’s honorees: trib.al/i0r9HAj
No. 100: Reginald Dwayne Betts (@dwaynebetts)

Poetry fueled Betts' drive to succeed while he was incarcerated. It lead him to publish 2 books on poetry & graduate from Yale Law School w/ a 4.0

Betts was also awarded a Guggenheim fellowship for his poetry trib.al/HkNVqM1
No. 99: Lezli Levene Harvell (@DoctorLezli)

Harvell is bringing the spotlight to chefs of color thanks to her amazing Iconoclast Dinner Experience events! trib.al/2DzPQAM #TheRoot100
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