Muckety mover - Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Only a year ago, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Harvard professor and consummate networker, hatched the idea for The Root, an online magazine geared to black readers, over drinks with Washington Post publisher Donald Graham. On Sunday, he and Graham threw a bash celebrating The Root’s first anniversary and Barack Obama’s inauguration, drawing luminaries such as Alice Walker, Samuel L. Jackson, Spike Lee and Oprah Winfrey. Not bad for a first birthday.

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