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Genealogist Helps Activist Angela Davis Discover Her Family’s Shocking Origins in the U.S.

EXCLUSIVE: Activist Angela Davis got a huge surprise about her family tree during an episode of “Finding Your Roots.” We talked to the genealogist behind the shocking revelation.

By

Angela Johnson

Published

November 25, 2025
Entertainment, Entertainment

Even More Black Celebs You Didn’t Know Were Related

Celebs such as Janet Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Niecy Nash and more have celebrity family ties we didn’t know about.

By

Shanelle Genai

Published

August 15, 2024
Politics, Politics

More than 100 U.S. Politicians Have Ancestral Ties To Slavery, New Report Reveals

A new Reuters investigation shows how many U.S. leaders are descendants of slaveholders.

By

Candace McDuffie

Published

June 27, 2023
News, Race Matters

U.S. Government is Looking to Update Racial and Ethnic Categories

Among the changes, the government is considering removing racial/ethnic descriptors that have been outdated for decades

By

Angela Johnson

Published

March 14, 2023
Criminal Justice, News

Foster Care Facility Investigated after Death of 7 Year Old

No charges have been filed yet in the child’s death.

By

Kalyn Womack

Published

October 31, 2022
News, Race Matters

Does Switzerland Have An Issue Combating Systemic Racism Against Black Citizens?

A 55-page report by the United Nations Security Council says yes.

By

Murjani Rawls

Published

October 4, 2022
Culture

Save Black Children: Child Welfare, Foster Care and the Broken American System That Continues to Harm Black Families

“It’s just completely false to think that white people are going to come in and save Black children from foster care. That is part of that same ideology that we can go back to slavery, as the origins of this idea that white people need to save Black children from their families…it’s been a false,…

By

Felice León

Published

May 18, 2021
News, Opinion, The Root University

Why White People Hate Critical Race Theory, Explained

They’re back! On Monday, Mississippi state Rep. Chris Brown (not that one) introduced two bills in the state legislature affirming the “resolute opposition to the promotion of race or sex stereotyping or scapegoating.” While the concurrent resolutions seem like no-brainers, the measures are part of the Republican Party’s nationwide effort to eliminate the anti-racist terror…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

March 30, 2021
Very Smart Brothas

Do White People Have Cousins?

Why don’t white people acknowledge their cousins? (Or do they?)

By

Damon Young

Published

November 22, 2017