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by Lewis Beale onMay 16, 2011
Fifty years ago a group of young people rode buses south and faced vicious, state-condoned brutality with nonviolence. Participants told The Root how they emerged bloodied, bruised and victorious.
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May 12, 2011
The woman whose brutal 1944 assault inspired a national justice movement -- led courageously by Rosa Parks -- talked to The Root about finally getting a state apology.
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by E.R. Shipp onDecember 19, 2010
It was never a powerful monolith but, rather, a wide range of groups with different styles and -- usually -- common goals. Many movement veterans say that approach could work again.
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by Akoto Ofori-Atta onNovember 23, 2010
The noted Spelman College scholar and author talks to The Root about what Oprah should be doing, Michelle Obama and why the president is a feminist.
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by Salamishah Tillet onOctober 15, 2010
The creators of Mad Men get so many things right in this period television series. Too bad they get black women so wrong.
Plus: The Mad Men Black People Counter notes a surprise in the season finale.
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by John McWhorter onSeptember 27, 2010
Black conservatives don't seem to hold back our progress, and teachable moments don't teach a whole lot.
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by E.R. Shipp onSeptember 8, 2010
With even Glenn Beck staking a claim, visions of what Martin Luther King Jr. stood for can be wildly divergent.
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by Lester K. Spence onSeptember 2, 2010
We have become so distrustful of the political process that we think marches and cultural transformations will solve our problems.
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by Stanley Crouch onAugust 17, 2010
Stanley Nelson's new documentary, Freedom Riders, illuminates true profiles in courage. There was strength in pacifism.
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by Maya Francis onMay 17, 2010
But are we letting our reverence for civil rights heroes limit our ability to tackle today’s challenges?
