Race Matters
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Residents Are Calling For Nashville Officials to Take Action Against the Recent Rise of Neo-Nazis in the City
Could the home of country music become a target for the next white supremacist demonstration?
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All-White Virginia School Board Tried to Be Slick, Bringing Back Proslavery Names to Piss Black Folks Off
After changing the Confederate names of two schools in the wake of Black Lives Matter, the school board has had a change of heart, and Black people are mad.
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Opal Lee’s Home was Destroyed By An Angry Mob, But 80 Years Later She Receives A Special Gift
It took 80 years, but this holiday season was extra special for the Opal Lee, the ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth.’
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9 Inspirational Quotes From Rosa Parks, an Icon of the Civil Rights Movement
Nearly 70 years after Rosa Parks’ courage led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott, we remember some of her most inspirational words.
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Why Charles Blow Says Black People Need to Leave the North and Return to the South
The Root spoke with journalist and author Charles Blow about his new documentary, “South to Black Power”
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Racist Road Rager Caught On Camera Near ATL
A man flashing a “crazy ass white boy” tattoo was caught on video hurling racial slurs at a Black man.