Candice Glover’s Gullah roots

theGRIO REPORT - For many Americans, Candice Glover did not just become the current American Idol; she became an ambassador for Gullah Geechee culture...

Has America historically shut its doors to African immigrants?

theGRIO REPORT - The U.S. has historically had a poor track record in welcoming black immigrants regardless of their talents and, it doesn’t seem to be changing...

Revisiting MLK's death 45 years later

OPINION - Two years after their re-discovery, restored video footage of Dr. King’s convicted assassin, James Earl Ray, in custody in Memphis as well as on trial, have been released just in time for the 45th anniversary of Dr. King’s murder. ..

4 unsung black women you should know

ESSAY - There is no denying that each of these women played more than their part in uplifting their race and their gender...

Tawana Brawley 25 years later: Controversial NYC case still unsettled

theGRIO REPORT - Twenty five years ago 15-year-old Tawana Brawley was reportedly found dazed and confused lying in a garbage bag with torn and burned clothing, feces smeared over her body and 'KKK,' 'ni**er,' and 'b*tch' written on her torso...

Tempestt Bledsoe now a TV mom

theGRIO Q&A - Tempestt Bledsoe has returned to NBC in the Jimmy Fallon-produced sitcom Guys with Kids to play Marny, the working mother of four kids and wife of stay-at-home dad Gary, played by Anthony Anderson...

Shirley Chisholm didn’t get her due at the DNC

OPINION - It is not at all a stretch to say that President Obama owes a debt to Shirley Chisholm’s historic 1972 campaign...

There would be no 'Sparkle' without The Supremes

OPINION - For black audiences especially, The Supremes have a story that continues to resonate, even if it is far more salacious than the PG-13 'Sparkle'...