The Root spoke exclusively with TN State Rep. Justin J. Pearson about his confrontation with highway patrol troopers during a protest over the state’s redistricting plans that he says will diminish ...

In Alabama, it’s a similar story. On Monday night, after I’d already started writing this newsletter, the U.S. Supreme Court ...

Organizers, including Selma foot soliders, say ruling is latest chapter in long battle over Black disenfranchisement in US ...

From grassroots organisers to Martin Luther King, leaders framed their struggle in global terms, writes Keisha N. Blain ...

President Donald Trump is yet again comparing his crowd sizes to a prominent Black figure, but this time, civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Trump, who infamously claimed to have brought out ...

American composer John Luther Adams doesn't recommend following the path he took in music. Yet he wouldn't have it any other way. His new work, Horizon, borrows its title from a book by the nature ...

The night before that event, the 17-year-old attended prom, posing for a photo in a black lace gown alongside her date. Sunday brought with it another rite of passage. King joined a line of young ...

This one-woman play follows the life of Fannie Lou Hamer. Let It Shine: A Visit with Fannie Lou Hamer, a one-woman play written by Frank Khun and starring Sharon Miles, follows Hamer from humble ...

**FILE** Jesse Jackson; wife, Jacqueline; and daughter, Santita, meet with South Africa President Jacob Zuma (Photo by George E. Curry/NNPA) I attended the memorial services this week honoring Jesse ...