Thread by @TheRoot

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

98. Dana Scruggs (@DanaScruggs1)

After becoming the first Black person to shoot the cover of Rolling Stone, Scruggs was one of 15 photographers recognized as the New Black Vanguard in the acclaimed book of the same name: bit.ly/32N52HL #TheRoot100

97. Domo (@djxdomo)

A connoisseur and outspoken defender of go-go music, DJ Domo helped organize street protests during last summer's #DontMuteDC uprising against efforts to silence her community's homegrown culture: bit.ly/3hKULA8 #TheRoot100

96. Kameelah Phillips (@DrKameelah)

Phillips has kicked off a movement to refer to gynecological speculums & other tools by the names of enslaved Black women whose bodies were used to test them without anesthesia: bit.ly/2RPuohK #TheRoot100

95. David Dennis Jr. (@DavidDTSS)

Building on his Twitter fame, Dennis has been a leading and prolific writer on the race and culture-related news that has defined 2020: bit.ly/3hNC5Qd #TheRoot100

94. J'Nai Bridges (@jnaibmezzo)

Making her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 2019, Bridges is becoming well known for what the New York Times calls her "plush" mezzo-soprano voice: bit.ly/32PJbPV #TheRoot100

93. Nicolette Louissaint (@DrNLouissaint)

As head of the nonprofit Healthcare Ready, Louissaint corralled more than $1 million in donations for the medical supplies needed to treat COVID-19 patients: bit.ly/33QAzIf #TheRoot100