Three days before a national tragedy would shake the entire world, on September 8, 2001, George Bush issued a…
If there was ever an inverse example of a Confederate monument, it might be the Lorraine, the Memphis motel where…
J. Kenneth Lee, one of four black students who joined a lawsuit that would ultimately lead to the desegregation of…
At a Manhattan auction house on Thursday, a missing chapter from Malcolm X’s autobiography, as well as a manuscript…
Here’s a joke: What’s the difference between a Klan rally and a Republican Convention?
Those of us who study black history have always heard rumors of an alleged relationship between Martin Luther King…
For those who are wondering about the retro title of this black history series, please take a moment to learn about…
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Editor’s note: Here’s the story of a sad chapter of American history, pulled from The Root’s archives.
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