News out of Ferguson, Mo., has been devastating.
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The killing of Missouri teenager Michael Brown by police, followed by two consecutive nights of racial upheaval in…
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My maternal grandmother states that her grandfather Jesse James walked to Wilmington, N.C., when he was 12 years…
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This time next year, be prepared for rousing speeches, earnest commemorations and moving celebrations that mark the…
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This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction with the Image of the Black in…
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I have hit a wall while researching my paternal grandfather’s parents. My great-grandparents Joseph and Queen…
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There is a legend in my family that we are related to Elston Howard, the first African American to play for the New…
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What does white America owe black America? To even broach that question 50 years after the Civil Rights Act of 1964…
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Editor’s note: For those who are wondering about the retro title of this black-history series, please take a moment…
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Editor’s note: This article was originally published by ProPublica.
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I believe that my great-grandparents were brought to America from Africa on the last known slave ship, the Clotilde.…
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I vividly remember the affirmative action debates that raged on my campus when I was a college student in the early…
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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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