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 ...

For decades, Black Panther has stood as a monument to Black excellence, a king born from African roots, crowned not only with power but with meaning.

Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols on Sunday announced a $105-million reparations plan to address the ongoing harms of the 1921 race ...

The Elephant is back in the room, and very welcome it is too. This debut play with piano, written, performed and composed by ...

This week the nation remembers George Floyd as a victim of police brutality. We don't have to agree about his character to ...

In September 2020, 52% of U.S. adults said the increased focus on issues of race and racial inequality would lead to changes that would improve the lives of Black people; 46% said it would not.

According to the Anti-Defamation League, “the White fist…is the symbol of intolerance ... has made a major comeback with Black Lives Matter supporters of all races, following the murder ...

For others, its as simple as Black and White—a distinction that ... In spite of that, the clenched fist became a symbol of Black power. The idea of an Aryan race that is superior to all others ...

That’s why on Thursday I couldn’t stop thinking about this quote from sportswriter Ralph Wiley: “White people had decided that O.J. Simpson was a ‘unifying symbol of all races.’ ...

Indeed, O.J. did transcend race. He had the life ... for – a crime involving a white woman. No longer a symbol of the American dream, O.J. became the black face of domestic violence and a ...

Protests following the death of George Floyd, which led to discussions of policing and Confederate symbols ... that keeping white lowercase is actually anti-Black, saying it perpetuates the idea that ...

Also known as the UNIA flag, Afro-American flag, Black Liberation flag or simply the Marcus Garvey flag, this vibrant symbol of red ... to the racist song "Every Race Has a Flag but the C ...