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‘Her Life Is a Model for All of Us’: The Root Presents It’s Lit! and Dr. Keisha Blain on the Enduring Truth of Fannie Lou Hamer
The historian and best-selling author brings the story of the sharecropper-turned-activist to the fore for a new generation.
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A Final Season Merits a First Lady: Michelle Obama Will Make a Cameo as Black-ish Makes Its Farewell Lap
Our forever first lady will make an appearance in the eighth and final season of Kenya Barris’ breakthrough show.
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Set in Stone: Regina King Cements Her Legacy at TCL Chinese Theatre
The Emmy, Golden Globe and Oscar winner was celebrated at a hand and footprint ceremony in Hollywood on Thursday.
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Emmy-Winning Atlanta Journalist Jovita Moore Has Died at 53
The WSB-TV anchor was diagnosed with ‘an aggressive form of brain cancer’ earlier this year, reports her home station.
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Fetty Wap Arrested on Drug Charges in New York
The ‘Trap Queen’ rapper is accused of transporting and distributing more than 100 kilograms of cocaine, heroin, fentanyl and crack cocaine.
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Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s Probably Haunted, Definitely Cursed Louisiana Mansion Is for Sale
The couple’s 13,300 square-foot New Orleans mansion, La Casa de Castille, was the target of a possible arson attack earlier this year.
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‘I Wanted to Be a World Builder’: The Root Presents: It’s Lit! Gets Into The Gilded Ones With Namina Forna
The screenwriter’s first novel in a forthcoming YA fantasy trilogy was an instant bestseller already being adapted for the screen.
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Drew Dixon, Donna Hylton and More Survivors of Color Urge New York Lawmakers to Pass the Adult Survivors Act
Dixon and Hylton were among several speakers advocating for the end of statutes of limitations that prevent many survivors from seeking justice.
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Iman Shumpert’s Us-Inspired Dance Routine May Have Actually Gotten Us in the Mood for Halloween
The NBA player pulled a page from Jordan Peele’s playbook for his ‘Horror Night’ routine on Dancing With the Stars.
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Rosa Parks Got the Glory. Claudette Colvin Just Wants Her Record Expunged
Colvin was 15 when she refused to relinquish her seat on a Montgomery, Ala. bus in 1955, nine months before Parks sparked the Montgomery bus boycott.
