While our very own Michael Harriot took the time to express his gratitude to white America for being so kind as to end…
Whenever I face adversity—when my faith is shaken or my confidence falters—I turn to a woman I carry in my heart every…
Beale Street can talk. She’s country, loud and a bit ghetto.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is often remembered for his nonviolent fight for civil rights and his moving calls for…
When remembering Martin Luther King Jr., society often removes some of his most radical politics from discussion.
Xerona Clayton, organizer for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and personal friend to Martin Luther King…
I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is…
The Root is black as the rest of y’all. We can collectively name all the members of Dipset; at least half of us have a…
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Unless you live in Alabama or Mississippi, Monday serves as the perfect opportunity to celebrate the life and legacy of …
For the second time this month, a newscaster has had to apologize for mispronouncing Martin Luther King Jr.’s name on…
Martin Luther King Jr. is perhaps one of the most famous civil rights leaders in the United States. His name is…
The music video for 34-year-old French rapper Nick Conrad’s “Pendez les Blancs” (“Hang the Whites”) opens with a…
According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the childhood home of Martin Luther King Jr. has been sold to the…
Have you watched the show God Friended Me? It comes on CBS on Sunday nights, and let me tell you, I love this damn…
It’s time to take this story to the masses.
It’s time to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
May…
When the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tenn., sanitation workers felt a…
On April 26 of this year, the Equal Justice Initiative will open both a memorial and museum in Montgomery, Ala.,…
When Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, the news shocked…
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