Discover Barack Obama's journey from community organizer to first African American US President. Legacy and impact.

Never in my life did I have to wonder if my mom loved her kids. She showed it constantly and consistently. Even in her ...

Shepherd, who recently found herself giving “auntie advice” to Megan Thee Stallion about her outfit choices being “too revealing” and a “bad example” for younger women, found the audacity to be “moved ...

If Martin Luther ... “If King were here today, he’d probably tell us, ‘Why are you all surprised? This is American history. Why did you not think that after the election of Barack Obama ...

C.T. Vivian was a renowned civil rights leader who worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr. The Voting Rights Act is considered one of the most comprehensive pieces of civil rights legislation in U.S.

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called him the greatest preacher he had ever seen. President Barack Obama honored him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The story was the centerpiece of ...

Tony Award-winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins understands the intricacies of family. In his award-winning “Appropriate ...

Michael Eric Dyson, a distinguished professor at Vanderbilt University, will deliver this year’s undergraduate commencement ...

The Root recently reported on Kingsley Wilson, one of the president’s deputy press secretaries at the Defense Department, and ...