[1] Founded in April 1997 by James A. Landrith, Jr., The Multiracial Activist is registered with the Library of Congress in Washington, DC under ISSN 1552-3446.

In addition to covering news on its core constituencies,[2] The Multiracial Activist is involved in various civil liberties coalitions.

[8] The Multiracial Activist participated as a plaintiff in a controversial[9] lawsuit initiated by the Center for National Security Studies against the Department of Justice in December 2001.

[10] Beginning in 1998, The Multiracial Activist published a letter from Bob Jones University,[11] which eventually led to the repeal of their long-standing ban on interracial relationships among their student population.

Most notable are: 2003 The Fundamentals of Extremism,[16] 2004 Social Identities: Multidisciplinary Approaches by Gary Taylor and Spencer Steve,[17] 2004 The Politics of Multiracialism: Challenging Racial Thinking edited by Heather M. Dalmage,[18] and 2006 Race and Multiraciality in Brazil and the United States: Converging Paths?