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  • Nick Gordon Accused of Giving Bobbi Kristina Brown a ‘Toxic Cocktail’

    Just a week after 22-year-old Bobbi Kristina Brown was laid to rest amid extreme family drama comes this: an allegation that she was killed. Her court-appointed conservator, Bedelia Hargrove, on Friday amended a lawsuit to add a wrongful death claim alleging that Brown’s longtime boyfriend, Nick Gordon, gave her a “toxic cocktail” after an argument…

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  • Issa Rae: Hollywood Wanted to Lighten Awkward Black Girl—I Said No

    Make no mistake about it: Issa Rae is still on her content-creating grind after the success of her online fictional Web series Awkward Black Girl. Except now she’s in Hollywood trying to work with production companies and television networks to get her stuff on television and in front of a bigger audience.  To say that…

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  • Nigerians on Twitter Hilariously Recall Their Time in High School With #SecSchoolinNigeria

    Secondary school in Nigeria is roughly equivalent to seventh through 12th grades in the United States, and also equivalent to the fun times, first relationships, academic stresses and growing pains that have come to define those formative years in high school. No one is exactly sure how it started, but as of press time, Nigerians…

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  • Al-Jazeera Launches a 6-Part Documentary Series So 6 Nigerians Can Tell You About Their Lives

    Ever wonder what life is like for a female mechanic? That combination is probably an oxymoron in several cultures, but now imagine how interesting that experience must be for a female mechanic living and working in Nigeria—the richest and most populous country in Africa.  If you have access to Al-Jazeera English, you’ll be able to…

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  • The Movement for Black Lives Convening: An Offering of Love

    More than 1,500 black people from across the United States and abroad came together in Cleveland July 24-26 to harness the energy and power of the burgeoning Black Lives Matter movement into one moment. That moment would be known early on as the Movement for Black Lives Convening. Planning began in April as organizers from…

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  • Black Lives Matter Has Become a Global Movement 

    In the two years since its conception, the Black Lives Matter movement has transformed from a powerful, U.S.-based unifier to a globalized movement connecting black and oppressed people all over the world. After the acquittal of George Zimmerman in July 2013 in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, three black women created #BlackLivesMatter to…

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  • When Oppression Is the Status Quo, Disruption Is a Moral Duty

    “When rights are consistently denied, a cause should be pressed in the courts and in negotiations among local leaders, and not in the streets.” —Alabama clergymen’s letter to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. April 12, 1963 “You deplore the demonstrations taking place in Birmingham. But your statement, I am sorry to say, fails to…

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  • How Can I Find My Ancestor’s Military Records?

    This week, we decided to tackle a common question that we get from people researching their roots: What are the best resources for finding records on African-American veterans of the 19th and 20th centuries?  Military draft, enrollment and service records can provide a gold mine of information about an ancestor. In the case of African-American…

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  • Photos: The Face of Courage in the Fight For Black Lives

    As guest editor of The Root, co-founder of Black Lives Matter, Patrisse Cullors wanted our readers to see the images of strength, courage and commitment that exemplify the resolve of the Black Lives Matter movement. These photos document the history of a people’s revolution. All courtesy of Black Lives Matter, they have been captured at…

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  • Watch: Guest Editor and Co-Founder of Black Lives Matter Patrisse Cullors on The Root Takeover

    We at The Root are honored to have Patrisse Cullors as guest editor today on our site. Cullors is an artist, organizer and freedom fighter. She is the founder of Dignity and Power Now, co-founder of #BlackLivesMatter, and director of truth and reinvestment at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. Her Facebook page says she’s…

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