Just months after we published our first news stories in August 2015, we tried something new: we listed and published brief ...

“They are afraid of the growing Black and brown majority in this country,” Barber told The Root. “That scares them because they know that by 2035/2040 Black and brown people will basically b ...

Through courageous advocacy, intellectualism, cultural leadership, and resilient community-building, these women significantly reshaped their society, leaving an indelible historical legacy.

Black leaders were further infuriated when they ... 1923, a group of eight prominent African Americans petitioned Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty asking the U.S. government to continue its ...

Darryl "King Rick" Farmer, a prominent Black Panther leader in Milwaukee, died at 62. Farmer, known for his commanding presence and activism, revived the Original Milwaukee Black Panthers in 2015.

BEIRUT (AP) — A prominent Druze leader in Lebanon said Sunday that he will soon visit Syria to meet its interim leader as tensions simmer between members of the minority group, the war-torn ...