The book concludes with King’s famous “Mountaintop Speech” in Memphis, the night before his assassination: “And I’ve looked ...

Union Temple Baptist Church unveils portrait of civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, marking Pride Month and emphasizing the ...

View looking southeast at the exterior of the Second Presbyterian Church, now known as Clayborn Temple, on the corner of ...

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 ...

Stonewall Book Award Winner, “ The Black Flamingo ” was voted by Time Magazine as a Best YA Book Of All Time. The book tells ...

Credit - Bettmann Archive— Father’s Day can sometimes seem like an afterthought in the late-spring holiday lineup: third ...

Black History ... explores the history of racism in the United States through Baldwin's reminiscences of civil rights leaders Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr. Oscar Nominations ...

No inter-minority partnership in U.S. history has been as productive — or as fragile — as the bond between Black and Jewish Americans. Together we helped dismantle Jim Crow and broaden this ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Several foundations have donated $1.5 million to help rebuild after arson gutted a historic Black ...

A roundup of events in June to celebrate Black Independence Day.

The week leading up to June 19 is packed with cultural events and celebrations to honor our newest federal holiday, ...

Carla Hayden, the first woman and first African American to serve as Librarian of Congress, received an email announcing her dismissal. She talks about libraries as bastions of democracy, for which ...