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  • The History of Slavery Isn't All About African Americans

    Did you know that less than 5 percent of the 11.2 million enslaved Africans who landed in the New World between 1502 and 1866 came to the United States? Most of the rest went to Latin America and the Caribbean. Their story is being told with the help of The Root’s editor-in-chief, Henry Louis Gates…

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  • The Root Recommends: 'Born to Be Wild'

    Six years after lending his voice to the Oscar-winning March of the Penguins, Morgan Freeman is narrating a new documentary about the animal kingdom, Born to Be Wild. The 3D IMAX film, about two women who have dedicated their lives to rescuing orphaned elephants and orangutans, puts the viewer in the environs of rural Kenya.…

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  • New Exhibit on Black Military Experience through Jim Crow Era

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  • The Root Recommends: Al Green's 'Greatest Hits'

    Chances are you’re not Facebook friends (or real-life friends) with soul legend Al Green, who turns 65 today, so you can’t give him a call or write “Happy birthday” on his wall. All is not lost! You can still celebrate his brilliant career by listening to his Greatest Hits album. The Rock and Roll Hall of…

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  • The Root Recommends: The 18th Annual New York African Film Festival

    Calling all of my movie buffs! The annual New York African Film Festival has begun in New York City, where promising and veteran filmmakers alike come together to show off their latest work. The festival, in its 18th year, will celebrate the richness of the African experience with 15 features and 16 short films. Running…

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  • The Root Recommends: Chris Rock's 'The Motherf**ker With the Hat'

    Chris Rock is back and better than ever. On April 11 he will be making his Broadway debut in The Motherf**ker With the Hat, a play about a couple that have been in love since the eighth grade, yet can’t seem to get it together. Rock plays the sponsor of one of the lovebirds after…

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  • The Root Recommends: 'Body of Proof'

    Fans who miss Sonja Sohn’s character on The Wire, Detective Kima Greggs, can catch her on ABC’s new medical drama, Body of Proof. The show follows the career of Dr. Megan Hunt (Dana Delaney), a neurosurgeon who is forced to change careers after a car accident renders her incapable of performing surgery. As a medical-mysteries…

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  • The Root Recommends: Mara Hruby

    Singer Mara Hruby recently released her debut recording, From Her Eyes, a collection of covers originally recorded by her favorite male artists. The 20-year-old singer, who describes her sultry sound as a “melodic melting pot,” reworks tracks from the Roots, Andre 3000, Mos Def, D’Angelo and Bob Marley. The genre-blending LP features Hruby’s effortless vocals over…

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  • The Root Recommends: 'Maya Angelou: A Glorious Celebration'

    Kick off National Poetry Month and celebrate Maya Angelou’s 83rd birthday with Maya Angelou: A Glorious Celebration. This scrapbook of photos and poems — assembled by Angelou’s niece and archivist Rosa Johnson Butler, former Essence editor Marcia Ann Gillespie and scholar Richard A. Long — explores Angelou’s journey from an abusive childhood to a remarkable…

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  • The Root Recommends: Janet Jackson's 'True You'

    The famously private pop star — she divorced her first husband before the public even knew she was married — has opened finally opened up in her new autobiography. True You: A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself is a fascinating inside look at the life of the five-time Grammy Award-winning artist. In the book,…

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