Naming Black Excellence: The Root 100 List Release Reception

ByThe Root Staff
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The Root 100 means black excellence.

And earlier this week, The Root, in partnership with Infiniti along with sponsor Heineken, gave black excellence a name—several names, rather—at The Root 100 2016 List Release Reception on Martha's Vineyard.

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The resplendent affair was hosted at Atria, with food curated by Chef Roblé Ali. Needless to say, attendees were in for a gastronomic adventure.

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Among the evening's attendees: Henry Louis Gates Jr., chairman of The Root; Mara Brock Akil, television writer and producer; Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake; and Sunny Hostin, senior legal correspondent and analyst for ABC News.

Unable to make it to the vineyard? Not a problem. Here's what you missed.