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Contributing opinion columnist Sheletta Brundidge shares that her and Nekima Levy Armstrong's prominent roles in the boycott against Target have been sidelined, similar to how Black women were labeled ...

So now, The Root is taking a closer look at the anti-racist white heroes who were just as down for civil rights as Black folks throughout history. At age 18, Rev. Bruce Klunder knew he had to join the ...

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A conversation about memory, movement-building and the sacred work of staying connected. In this stirring episode of Complexified, we sit down with scholar, poet and community elder Rachel Harding ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The historic Clayborn Temple in downtown Memphis, a landmark with ties to Dr. Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights movement, caught on fire early Monday morning. Officers say ...

See photos below. People participate in the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil Rights Movement March on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, as it goes from Comfort Suites to Martin Luther King Park in Bethlehem.( ...

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As I woke on the day after Donald Trump's election back to the White House, I realized a painful truth—The country I love doesn't love me back. I sought a vision of a better country that cares ...