Photos: The Root Took Over Hot-lanta With Its manCODE Event

On Wednesday The Root continued its manCODE discussion series for 2015 at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center. Approximately 200 young black professionals, seasoned executives, fathers and a few young sons gathered to discuss entrepreneurship, the social-justice issues affecting our communities and the legacies that black men strive to leave behind.  Suggested Reading The Root 100 – 2020 Black History Month –…

On Wednesday The Root continued its manCODE discussion series for 2015 at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center. Approximately 200 young black professionals, seasoned executives, fathers and a few young sons gathered to discuss entrepreneurship, the social-justice issues affecting our communities and the legacies that black men strive to leave behind. 

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The event was sponsored by Prudential.

The conversation was shepherded by a panel of distinguished men, including Atlanta's 11Alive news anchor and panel moderator DeMarco Morgan; the Rev. Dr. Raphael G. Warnock, senior pastor of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church; Liquid Soul Media CEO Tirrell Whittley; Atlanta Board of Education Chairman Courtney English; True Story Agency founder James Andrews; and Prudential executive Dele Oladapo.

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