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  • Imani Uzuri's 'Gypsy Diaries': New World Soul

    Singer Imani Uzuri brings her global experiences to her latest album, The Gypsy Diaries, which was released on Tuesday. On her second album, Uzuri breaks out of the mold with an eclectic ensemble of instruments, from the sitar — used heavily in classic Indian music — to Middle Eastern-inspired drums and Japanese-inspired woodwinds. The diverse…

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  • The Root and 100 Black Men's Policy Soiree

    Join The Root and 100 Black Men of Greater Washington, D.C. for a night of policy and libations during the chapter’s inaugural Cocktails & Policy event at Washington’s Corcoran Gallery of Art on Wednesday, June 6. Panelists Cornell Belcher, political analyst and CNN contributor; TV personality Jeff Johnson; and The Root’s senior political correspondent Cynthia…

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  • 'Doin' It in the Park': Hoops Doc Soars

    Filmmakers Bobbito Garcia, co-founder of Bounce magazine, and Kevin Couliau, a respected basketball photographer, take it to the blacktop with Doin’ It in the Park: Pick-Up Basketball, NYC, a documentary that highlights the history and cultural impact of playground “pickup” basketball in the Big Apple. During the sweat-drenched summer months in New York, an estimated…

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  • Living While Obama: The Highest of Honors

    Renowned author and Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison grins as President Obama bestows upon her the Medal of Freedom on Tuesday, May 29, in the White House’s East Room. The Medal of Freedom is the country’s highest civilian honor.  Like The Root on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.

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  • The Roots' 5th Annual Picnic Hits Philly

    Legendary hip-hop band the Roots has invited some of soul, R&B and rap’s best to Philadelphia this weekend for the group’s 5th Annual Roots Picnic. The two-day festival, which kicks off Saturday, June 2, at the Festival Pier at Penn Landing, features a diverse lineup of musical guests such as Diplo, Wale, Kid Cudi, St.…

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  • 'Big Fun in the Big Town': Rap Film on DVD

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  • 11 Black Cultural Events on Memorial Day

    For more than 20 years, DC Black Pride has celebrated the black lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in the nation’s capital. Every Memorial Day weekend, Washington plays host to a wealth of black LGBT workshops, galas, movie screenings and more. This year’s Black Pride kicked off on May 24 and continues through May 27. …

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  • 'Gordon Parks: 100 Years' Debuts in NY

    Gordon Parks — the prolific photographer, filmmaker, composer and writer who died at age 93 in 2006 — would have turned 100 this November. To commemorate his life and artistic achievements, the International Center of Photography in New York City is displaying more than 50 of Park’s most memorable pieces in its newest exhibit, “Gordon…

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  • New Book Talks Race in World War II Battle

    At first glance, The Color of War may not seem like much more than author James Campbell’s recounting of the timeline of an obscure naval battle against Japan during World War II. But the July 1944 skirmish against the Axis powers’ Pacific elite is quickly complemented by an equally gruesome battle stateside as black sailors…

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  • It Worked for Colin Powell

    Former Secretary of State Colin Powell dishes on his legacy as a four-star general in the U.S. Army and his four-year tenure as President George W. Bush’s highest-ranking cabinet member in his new autobiography, It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership. Powell’s book is based on a set of 13 rules that the former…

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