From Galveston to the Guggenheim, Black communities are gathering in joy—even as DEI gains, Black history and hard-won ...

The Black Cultural Heritage Trail, a first-of-its-kind in Palm Beach County, spotlights stories often overlooked in the ...

So now, The Root is taking a closer look at the anti-racist white heroes who were just as down for civil rights as Black ...

A new biography about New Jersey native Marsha P. Johnson details how she inspired a revolution through her joy.

Reporter Kevin Sack's new book is a history of Charleston's Emanuel AME Church, the oldest Black congregation in the South, ...

1968— The United States Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in the sale and rental of housing. The deci­sion came in a case known as Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. The court used as its precedent ...

Food and restaurants played a surprisingly important role in the civil rights movement ... shine a light on the movement's famous activists as well as on the small, Black-owned businesses that ...

These Memphis murals offer a glimpse into the character of the city itself: complex, vibrant, and full of heart. Go see them ...

The event, taking place June 21, from 1-4 p.m. at the Stryker Center, is sponsored by the Virginia Racial Healing Institute ...

One hundred and sixty years after word reached Galveston, Texas, that enslaved African Americans were now free, the city is ...

Dr. Ralph Mark Gilbert, often referred to as the father of Savannah's civil rights movement, was honored with a historical ...

Over the years, the director’s early films have been lost and found, forgotten and celebrated. But what about the work that ...