Frederick Douglass

On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass gave an iconic speech in Rochester, N.Y., in which he asked a question that is…

While Frederick Douglass would probably be disappointed (but not surprised) that the so-called land of the free…

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

2020 is a pivotal year for many reasons, one of those being that it’s a presidential election year. The discussion…

When most people think of Harriet Tubman, the first thing that comes to mind is how she helped hundreds of black…

A few weeks before his death, 77-year-old Frederick Douglass was asked what advice he would give to a young black…

This week’s episode of Underground was titled “Whiteface” and it was so jam-packed with plot that I half-way…

The Caged Bird is an online magazine created by minority students for minority students across the nation. The…

I was 14 years old when my parents took me to Costa Rica, and I was kicking and screaming the entire way. It was my…

Editor’s note: For Black History Month, The Root is speaking to the relatives of our most cherished African-American…

Parody accounts are infamous on Twitter. From the fake Chris Rock to even characters from your favorite television…

Donald Trump had a little Black History Month Breakfast yesterday that included a bunch of Rent-A-Homies since…

President Donald Trump was surrounded by all his blacks on Wednesday. That’s right; Omarosa Manigault and Ben Carson…

A Howard County, Md., high school English teacher was briefly placed on administrative leave last week after…

When one thinks of 19th-century America, slavery and the Civil War come to mind. American slavery, as we know, was a…