Mount Zion Nashville Pastor Joseph Walker III Is Now Being Hit with Tax Questions

The Wednesday noon Bible study at Mt. Zion Baptist Church drew 400 worshippers this week, most of them women, almost all with a Bible in one hand and an offering envelope in the other.

Black Women Who Are Changing the World

The Root Recommends: A new book that spotlights African-American female trailblazers.

Holder Expected To Address Overseas Terrorism Issue

Attorney General Eric Holder is expected to outline the legal framework for the use of lethal force in targeted killings of Americans overseas in a major speech at Northwestern University law school, an Obama administration official said Sunday night.

8 Dead After Deadly Storms Strike Mozambique

Mozambican emergency officials say heavy
rains and high winds killed eight people in the southern African nation
over the weekend.

First World Leader To Face Criminal Charges Over Financial Crisis

Iceland’s former prime minister went on trial Monday as the first world leader to face criminal charges over the 2008 financial crisis that affected much of the world economy.

How James City, North Carolina Rose to become a Destination for Free Blacks

Relative to the 150th anniversary of the Civil War Battle of New Bern is the marking of 149 years since the establishment of the James City community, a product of that battle. 

An African American family in early James City, founded in 1863.

New York Man Accused of Threatening to Assassinate the President

An upstate New York man is accused of threatening to kill President Barack Obama and elementary schoolchildren in Saratoga County.