Black men had the lowest life expectancy of any major demographic group at 72 years, more than nine years lower than men of other racial groups.
The Root Exclusive Series: Black History Month was established 100 years ago, in February 1926. To commemorate this momentous ...
His assemblage of seven shorts in this year’s Life Within the Lens filled the 700+ seat theater at the Music Box, where a sea ...
Black History Month is just one was to convey the true history of Black people in the building and sustaining of our nation.
Longtime Montclair resident Marion Thompson Wright was the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in history, but it ...
The prism of Black beauty turned and turned, and my mental vision board of heaven’s angels filled up with Dottie Peoples in the spangled armor of God, Mahalia Jackson’s elegant countenance, the Pace ...
"You get your hopes up thinking you’ve found a friend, then all of a sudden, they post the Turning Point halftime show on their Facebook." ...
The warning label placed on all estrogen-based treatments since 2003 was based on an outdated and flawed government-funded study.
“Black History at 100: Five Years That Shaped Atlanta” examined pivotal moments that helped define the modern city, from the ...
Two longstanding staples in Holly Springs' African American community hold more than a century of history.