Race Matters
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You’ll Be Happy to Know Where the Infamous Montgomery Boat Brawlers Are a Year Later
The racially charged boat brawl took the internet by storm and resulted in several investigations.
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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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White Man Goes AWF About Black Fiancé’s Racist Wedding Dress Encounter
Mr. Pasta and Lobster wasn’t playing about his wife-to-be, you hear me!?
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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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You’ll Never Believe the Racist Theme of This Restaurant Before Its Rebranding
No, your eyes are not deceiving you...it was called that.
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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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Watch This Uber Driver Lose His Racist Mind
The now-banned Uber driver was caught on video spitting racial slurs at a Black passenger.
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Remembering The Black Victims of White Racist Violence
Three people lost their lives in a racially motivated shooting in Jacksonville, Fla., but recently many more have died in a similar way.