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Watch: 48th NAACP Image Award Winners and Nominees Explain Why ‘Image Is Everything’
On Saturday, black excellence gathered in Pasadena, Calif., to celebrate its greatness, and The Root was on the red carpet! Image is everything, and because it was the NAACP Image Awards, we decided to ask the celebrants about the image they portray to the world and the importance of that image. So before you gush…
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Watch: What Would the Characters From Underground Say to President Trump?
The 45th president of the Unites States of America, Donald Trump, is a lot of things. So many venomous words come to mind. But I’m not here to Trump-bash (today). I’m here to shine some light on what we already know: America is changing under his rule, and while many of us protest and speak…
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NAACP Image Awards Aren’t the Black Oscars but a Much-Needed Fete of Black Excellence
The NAACP Image Awards have been around for the past 48 years. That is almost five decades of honoring black excellence at the highest level. In 2015 and 2016, it seemed as if black America had been sent a memo that the esteemed Oscars were just for white talent, thus causing the internet to erupt…
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Watch: Baltimore, Freddie Gray and the Struggle of Race in America
Peabody Spotlight is a digital series produced by the Peabody Media Center at the University of Georgia. Each part of the series draws from the vast Peabody Awards archives, the third-largest repository of audiovisual materials in the United States. Peabody Spotlight will focus on significant societal issues as represented through the storytelling of Peabody winners…
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Stream of Consciousness: Stay Woke for Black History Month With Netflix and Hulu
The TV powers that be have finally seen the light that black on-screen makes green. However, it was the brilliance of the internet not only to know this first but also to bring it to you in various packages, for your viewing pleasure, at your own convenience. Online-streaming services like Netflix made it easy for…
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Watch: A ‘Very Smart Brotha’ Breaks Down Darth Becky and Being the Blackest Thing on the Internet Since Marvin Gaye’s ‘Thigh Meats’
The Washington Post once described Very Smart Brothas as “the blackest thing that ever happened to the internet. Period.” And aside from a photo of Jesse Jackson and Marvin Gaye playing basketball with their “thigh meats blaring,” Damon Young and Panama Jackson are just that. And, luckily for us, both of them have written for…
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The Black Women of New Orleans Have Spoken: The Root’s Young, Fabulous and Female Event Slays
New Orleans is the perfect city to serve as the location for The Root’s latest Young, Fabulous and Female event. NOLA is so richly marinated in black culture and history, it’s hard to ignore it. It croons sultry jazz and stands tall in unbreakable resilience. And the professional women who reside there? Well, they exhibit…
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Mourning in America: The Root Watches the Inauguration so You Don’t Have To
Tomorrow, Jan. 20, 2017, our lives will change forever. President Barack Obama will become former President Obama, and Donald Trump will become … President Trump. I can’t. Many black folks up and down my social media timelines are protesting the inauguration and spending their time and energy on other (read: uplifting/black) things. Fellow journalist Jamiliah…
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Watch: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy Offers More Than Nonviolent Protests
Everyone loves Martin Luther King Jr. He has been and will always be remembered as the man who gave his life to fight for freedom and equality for black people in this country. However, people looking back on his life often focus on his nonviolent protests and his “I Have a Dream” speech, but King…
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Unique Views, Episode 26: We Thought Obama Was Here Forever … but #TrafficBae Is Here to Stay
We try our best not to have too much sadness when we talk about the issues we face each week, but we couldn’t really help it this week! President Barack Obama gave his farewell address, and eyes everywhere are filling up with tears. (Senior Editor Stephen A. Crockett here: I didn’t cry during the farewell,…
