History

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I wrote a piece that celebrates King’s legacy and highlights the work that still…

Both of Illinois’ senators have sent a request to President-Elect Biden to designate the site of a 1908 race riot,…

“A riot is the language of white people”
— History

America is not a “civilized country.”

On Sept. 16, 1968, 51 years before HBO aired the first episode of its groundbreaking horror series, Carol Jenkins…

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on July 4, 2019.

I am 6.

The George Floyd protests against systemic racism have reignited an age-old debate about whether there is a place in…

When the pilot of HBO’s Watchmen premiered in October 2019, the history of Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race…

Without the proper context, it is impossible to understand the mushroom cloud of uprisings that are exploding across…

Today, April 16, marks the date 158 years ago, when Washington, D.C., became the only American jurisdiction to end…

Donald Trump is a white supremacist.

When it comes to spurring Oklahoma to grapple with a century-old race massacre that schoolbooks had left behind,…

Editor’s Note: This week, The Root commemorates Black History Month with a series on little-known or forgotten…

Editor’s Note: This week, The Root commemorates Black History Month with a series on little-known or forgotten…

I don’t know a lot about white history.

As today officially marks the first day of what is regarded as Black History Month, tech giant Google is…

A white supremacist with a gun killed Martin Luther King Jr.

“For 400 years, we have been told that black people are a problem. We are indoctrinated into this lie from the…

Last weekend, realizing of the vision of artist Dread Scott, hundreds of volunteers—in costume as 19th-century…