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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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  • Duke Lacrosse Accuser's Boyfriend Dies From Stabbing

    Crystal Mangum was arrested for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend, Reginald Daye, earlier this month. CBS News reports that Daye, 46, died Wednesday evening. Police said Mangum (who was first in the headlines for her 2006 claim that three players on the Duke lacrosse team had trapped her inside a bathroom at a home where she…

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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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  • Tea Party Obsession With Size of Government: Really About Race?

    Columbia professor Dorian Warren argues that, in the current heated debate over the federal budget, race deeply shapes our discussion. And it always has, even if no one wants to mention it. In a piece for ColorLines titled The Long Racial History of the Tea Party’s Deficit Trojan Horse, Warren agrees with the popular assessment…

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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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  • Sharpton and West's MSNBC Shouting Match

    From the “Surprise! Black people don’t agree on everything (even Obama)” file: Al Sharpton and Cornel West went head-to-head over the issue of black leadership Sunday night on MSNBC’s The Black Agenda special. Sharpton’s position is that most black leaders, except for Obama, are silently doing nothing for the black community, while West calls Obama maybe no…

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  • Libyan Rebels: No Deal Unless Qaddafi Goes

    Reuters is reporting that Libyan rebels have rejected an African Union peace initiative, saying that they will not agree to a deal to end a two-month-old civil war unless Muammar Qaddafi leaves power. Hours earlier, South African President Jacob Zuma, head of an African Union mission, said Qaddafi had accepted the “peace road map” and…

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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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