African American history is in the spotlight across Los Angeles, with six buildings having received historic-cultural ...

The mom posted about her experience on TikTok, saying the airline discriminated and humiliated her family during a recent ...

Known as "black tumor," the cancer sends about 8,000 Americans to the grave each year — here's what you can do to avoid ...

Bashir Akinyele has spent years advocating for schools to properly implement the state's groundbreaking Black history ...

Black August, rooted in the legacy of George Jackson and Black liberation struggles, is now a month-long observance honoring Black resistance, political prisoners, and truth-telling in U.S. history.

Consumers in capitalist countries are against the state dictating what they should read or listen to, which is why the ...

Looked at closely, Mamdani’s campaign shows the crucial role—and potential—of Black voters in America’s insurgent left ...

Recent mass shootings in Georgia and New York City have been allegedly carried out by Black suspects. So now, The Root is remembering some of the many shocking mass shootings that shook the Black ...

Minnie “Gracie” Gadson claps her hands and stomps her feet against the floorboards, lifting her voice in a song passed down ...

A new Missouri bill signed into law in July will establish the “Missing and Murdered African American Women and Girls Task ...

The Ghanaian American singer’s latest album is a celebration of Black diasporic dance music—and a hedonistic, pleasure-soaked ...