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  • Military Mom Surprises Son at Ala. Graduation

    It was the best graduation present ever for a son who hadn’t seen his mom in many months. Petty Officer 2nd Class Vera Turner surprised her son, Steven Turner, Jr., at his high school graduation in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Saturday. The 16-year Navy vet returned home after a nine-month deployment at Guatanamo Bay, Cuba, according to…

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  • Why Memorial Day Has Special Significance for African Americans

    Memorial Day is a sacred occasion when we pay tribute to all the military men and women who have died in service to the United States. It is also an observance that owes its creation to blacks. This tradition began when newly freed slaves decorated the grave sites of Civil War soldiers as a way…

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  • We Should Think About How to End the Scourge of War and Killing

    Memorial and Veterans Days come with mixed feelings for veterans like me, especially as we witness how most Americans ‘celebrate’ these holidays. The purpose of Memorial Day is to remember the dead. Some choose to only honor service members.  Others, like me, choose to honor all lives lost due to war. This includes the countless…

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  • ‘You Don’t Belong Here’: Racists Warn Black Family in Long Island, NY

    Police in Suffolk County, N.Y., are investigating a possible hate crime aimed at an African-American family in Lindenhurst, according to PIX11. Ronica Copes, a resident of the Long Island suburban neighborhood, received the hate letter, written in bold capital letters, on Thursday, warning her family that they did not belong in the neighborhood because “Lindenhurst…

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  • Fla. Teen Loses Battle to Cancer Weeks After Going to Prom With NFL Player Sen’Derrick Marks

    A Jacksonville, Fla., teen who went on a dream date to her high school prom earlier this month with Jaguars tackle Sen’Derrick Marks has passed away following a long bout with cancer, reports the Florida Times-Union. Khameyea Jennings, 18, died Thursday after a battle with liver cancer, which was diagnosed in 2013, said Cindy Hamilton,…

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  • Protests, Arrests in Cleveland After Judge Acquits Cop in Deaths of Unarmed Couple Shot at 137 Times

    Protests erupted in Cleveland Saturday after a judge found a white officer not guilty in the deaths of two unarmed black motorists who were shot at 137 times by police after a high-speed chase in November 2012, according to NBC News. Cuyahoga County judge John P. O’Donnell on Saturday found Michael Brelo, 31, not guilty…

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  • Ex-Va. Delegate in Antebellum Family Portrait Plans to Marry Teen Baby Mama

    Just days after a former Virginia House delegate took a hit on social media for posing in an antebellum family portrait with the teenage mother of his child, Joe Morrissey announced plans to marry the 19-year-old African-American woman, reports Richmond Magazine. Morrissey, 57, who is white, last week publicly acknowledged fathering a child with the…

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  • In a Scene of a Harem Bath, 2 Women From Different Worlds Are Linked by a Common Bond

    This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction with the Image of the Black Archive & Library at Harvard University’s Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. Within the intimate confines of a sumptuous harem bath, two women engage in a ritual of purification unfamiliar to Western…

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  • Cleveland Officer Found Not Guilty on All Counts in Deadly Chase

    On Saturday a judge found Brelo, 31, who is white, not guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the deaths of Malissa Williams and Timothy Russell, who were both black, according to NBC News. In the case, he stood on the hood of the couple’s vehicle and fired multiple shots through the windshield. Experts testified at the…

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  • World’s Oldest Person, Jeralean Talley, Marks 116th Birthday

    Nearly a month after gerontology experts named Jeralean Talley the world’s oldest person, USA Today reports, the Detroit-area woman is celebrating yet another milestone: her 116th birthday. Talley was born in Montrose, Ga., on May 23, 1899, and has lived in Michigan since 1935, the report says. Relatives tell the newspaper that she remains active and…

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