100: Joanna Smith- CEO of AllHere Education- After the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to move online, Joanna Smith’s company continued its mission of tackling truancy thanks to her quick thinking. #Root100 bit.ly/3k5gS8l 98: Chazz Sims- Co-founder of Wise Systems -Chazz Sims’ logistics company helped keep some of America’s major companies moving when the COVID-19 pandemic forced everyone to slow down. #Root100 bit.ly/3mHFiGX

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

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

What’s up folks, @_FeliceLeon here and tonight #TheRoot and @hbomax present: Black Women Breaking The Silence.

Join us tonight for a conversation moderated by @ElaineWelteroth, featuring @deardrewdixon @SheriSher_Bx & @kiernamayo. Let’s go!

#OnTheRecord ICYMI: At least 1 in 5 Black women are survivors of sexual assault.

At least 35% of Black women have experienced some form of contact sexual violence during their lifetime.

Let's talk about it. #OnTheRecord

#InsecureHBO is back!

1) No, it’s not an hour long so stop asking.

2) Issa and Molly will probably piss you off with their choices.

3) The men in the #LawrenceHive pronounce the L in salmon. It’s good to see Lovita Alizé Jenkins-Robinson out here working #InsecureHBO

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

The last debate was in Miami and everyone tried to speak Spanish. Tonight's debate is in Detroit and I'm already disappointed that NOT ONE candidate is wearing magenta gators. Amy Klobuchar is about to catch the Holy Ghost during the national anthem.

If Pete Buttigieg was 'bout that life, he'd kneel.

Thread: Tonight @michaelharriot will be live-tweeting the Democratic debates and translating them in a language we can all understand.

This will be fun! Bernie Sanders: I'mma give everybody health care, forgive student loans and free McNuggets every day. And you know how we're gonna pay for it?

Beyonce.

Don't worry...She got it.

Sparkle’s 13-year-old niece told her that R. Kelly was having a Christmas party at his house for kids.

Sparkle thought she left her niece in good hands, but she found out she was wrong. trib.al/6btg8i0 #SurvivingRKelly R. Kelly has beds in his studio. People felt it was strange that he had built a queen sized bed into his studio. #SurvivingRKelly

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

This is @CorEyPTownsend, clear your calendars and grab your best bereavement garment because today's the day we pay some R-E-S-P-E-C-T to the #QueenOfSoul: trib.al/xIDSgx3 #ArethaFranklinFuneral #ArethaHomegoing Our Editor-in-Chief @blacksnob is live at #ArethaFranklinFuneral and you’ll all be pleased to know that they did our auntie RIGHT.

The #QueenOfSoul is draped in a long gown, gold sequins and gold red bottom shoes. #ArethaHomegoing

Did your invitation to Windsor Castle get lost in the mail?

If so, @JarrieBradshaw has you covered with our #RoyalWedding coverage! #DYK Colleen Harris, the Former Press Secretary to Princes Charles, William and Harry, was the first black royal press secretary #RoyalWedding