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by Hillary Crosley onMarch 13, 2013
From Sojourner Truth to Melissa Harris-Perry, they've opened doors and shaped how we see ourselves.
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by Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. onJune 23, 2012
This writer says lives can be saved if the high expectations forced upon black women are reduced.
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by Brett Johnson onJune 15, 2012
Updated: Erica Kennedy was found dead in her home on June 11, Miami Beach police told The Root.
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by Hank Willis Thomas onFebruary 16, 2012
"Soul" is explored in this excerpt from Rebecca Walker's tome of essays decoding our swagger.
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by Joshua R. Weaver onFebruary 13, 2012
The Root Recommends: Black Cool author's Washington, D.C., book signing and panel discussion.
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by Rebecca Walker onJune 22, 2011
The Root's Rebecca Walker hangs out with renowned artist Kara Walker in Turin, Italy, and on Facebook, where they talk about everything from salty dark chocolate to their kids to why Kara's no apologist for anti-black racism.
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by Rebecca Walker onJune 13, 2011
Our ubiquitous reader offers a potpourri that ranges from racial optimism to the role of indigo in the slave trade to the search for a kidnapped woman in the Nigerian Delta.
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by Rebecca Walker onFebruary 11, 2011
For more than five decades, the famed Egyptian physician, writer and feminist has been fighting the powers that be. The Root caught up with her just hours before President Mubarak stepped down.
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by Rebecca Walker onSeptember 23, 2009
She's not a hairy, man-hating woman, says Feminista author Erica Kennedy. This modern woman is smart as hell and not afraid to flex.
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September 17, 2009
Meet TEWW blogger Rebecca Walker.
