Roots

January 2, 2019

Would Donald Glover’s ‘Willy Wonka’ Take on Story’s Racist Roots?

By Donald Yacovone, History News Network Countless Americans grew up with Roald Dahl’s captivating 1964 children’s book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, or with one of its […]
September 20, 2018

Interview: Ekemini Uwan Talks African Roots, Racism, and Leaving Corporate World for Seminary

Ekemini Uwan discusses how being a child of Nigerian immigrants impacts her views on racism, and how God called her from corporate America to seminary and […]
August 16, 2018

Racism’s Deep Historic Roots in the North

Northerners wove Jim Crow racism into the fabric of their social, political, and economic lives in ways that shaped the history of the entire nation. The […]
September 15, 2017

6 Top Reads on the Roots and Future of Racism

These stories from The Conversation archive explore where racism came from and why it persists. The post 6 Top Reads on the Roots and Future of […]
August 4, 2017

MUSIC:: Arnold Cifax Jr – Roots

Milwaukee, Wi artist Arnold Cifax Jr drops a new single Roots, from his upcoming EP Far From Fair. “My music is warm, visceral & electric all […]