(The Root) — 12 Years a Slave, Steve McQueen’s critically acclaimed movie opening nationwide on Nov. 8, is the most powerful cinematic depiction of slavery ever seen on-screen. The critical buzz ...

The groundbreaking miniseries was based on Alex Haley’s bestselling novel, tracking his ancestral history from abducted West African teen Kunta Kinte (LeVar Burton) through generations of enslaved ...

The brilliant yet brutal 12 Years a Slave made history Sunday night as the first film directed by a black man, with a predominately black cast, to win an Oscar for best picture. In one of the most ...

In 1977 “Roots” took Americans on a 12-hour unforgettable journey into the roots of slavery. Now, 44 years later, Barry Jenkins has crafted his own 12-hour, 10-episode, series about slavery that, ...

In "Slavery and the Making of America," an ambitious four-hour PBS documentary told in two parts, viewers are introduced to "the Founding Fathers you never knew." Those enslaved were the "nameless, ...

In 1850, the elderly master of a South Carolina estate took pen in hand and painstakingly divided up his possessions. Among the spinning wheels, scythes, tablecloths and cattle that he bequeathed to ...

When you hear black person speak Spanish, what nationalities come to mind? Cuban, Dominican, Puerto Rican or Nicaraguan. While it is not a well known fact, African slaves also were brought to Mexico ...

I would like to respond to the person who wrote about keeping the Electoral College. The author stated that the Electoral College was created to protect states with smaller populations. These smaller ...

A new online data base could help trace the roots of more than 100,000 slaves from Africa who were shipped to America in the 1800s. Relatives will also be able to trace the roots of their ancestors to ...

A New York-based group of artists, educators and activists are forcing their fellow New Yorkers to face a hard, historical truth – slave-owners were not just confined to the South. Promoting a ...

BUNCE ISLAND, Sierra Leone (Reuters) - The ivy-clad ruins perched on a strip of mud in the Sierra Leone river hide a dark past, but have become an unlikely symbol of hope for many African Americans ...