In recent days, community members have been gathering, waving placards written ‘Black Lives Matter’ and ‘Free Our Brothers’, ...

The world has been caught up in a surge of protests against racism for the past few days. After the death of George Floyd, a ...

Yale University announces an innovative course titled 'Beyoncé Makes History: Black Radical Tradition, Culture, Theory & ...

A California screen printer’s claims against the U.S. Postal Service, which allegedly broke the law in seizing and searching ...

The deadly chokehold will take center stage this week in the manslaughter trial of Daniel Penny charged in the death of ...

American educators are naturally intimidated and, at times, discouraged by the huge task before them. Yet race and racism are key components of American history. Understanding this history illuminates ...

Ferguson became synonymous with the national Black Lives Matter movement after Michael Brown, a Black 18-year-old, was killed ...

They can still be seen in the polarisation of US politics and society. This book helps in understanding the appeal of someone ...

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That would be Gen. C.Q. Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, whom congressional Republicans have accused of being ...

New Orleans actor, philanthropist Wendell Pierce has been named to a prestigious list. Pierce is No. 26 on The Root 100 list.

Backed by the Tuskegee Institute’s Booker T. Washington, he took the state to the U.S. Supreme Court, where, in 1903, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. ruled against him in a manner that was both ...