“I am here to stand with you in what feels like an all-too-familiar moment. Having a father killed when I was only 5…

Lawmakers and activists around the country voiced their support for longtime Congressman John Lewis after he…

While our very own Michael Harriot took the time to express his gratitude to white America for being so kind as to…

Cardi B offered an apology to Bernice King on Tuesday afternoon after TMZ released an old comedy sketch in which she…

Here at The Root, we talk a lot about things like white privilege, whitesplaining, white fragility, etc. Some of the…

Yolanda Renee King, the grandchild of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, made a surprise appearance…

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Bernice King, the daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., picked up the mic and so eloquently dropped it in response to…

The family of Martin Luther King Jr. has settled a disagreement over what to do with the civil rights icon's 1964…