We had over 100 hearings all over the country, with King and black people ... In history, sometimes it takes martyrs to do great things. And while it was a terrible thing that Martin Luther ...

College professor and activist Angela Davis is acquitted of charges that she assisted and conspired with the young men ...

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 folks throughout history. At age 18, Rev. Bruce Klunder knew he had to join the ...

Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — two years after the ...

While chaos unfolds, Black folks are steered from progress and fed confusion.

June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers liberated Texas slaves, came to be known as "Juneteenth," the oldest nationally celebrated ...

A local nonprofit organization and the City of Asheville are collaborating to host a series of events to commemorate ...

Juneteenth celebration in Madison recognizes liberation and resilience during the holiday's 160th anniversary of freedom.

Union Temple Baptist Church unveils portrait of civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, marking Pride Month and emphasizing the ...

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Association of Asheville and Buncombe County, in partnership with the City of Asheville, has planned the 2025 Juneteenth Celebration with the intended outcomes of a diverse ...

President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in response to protests in Los Angeles this weekend was the first ...