Black History Month

Damon Dash opens up about his battle with diabetes, spreading awareness for the disease, and details on his new film, Honor Up.
/ February 9, 2018
A white high school teacher caused outrage when he showed up to school wearing a durag to commemorate Black History Month.
/ February 9, 2018
Malcolm Xavier Combs Malcolm X theGrio.com
A Queens assistant principal is under fire for mocking a student who wanted to wear Malcolm X’s name on his senior sweater.
/ February 8, 2018
Princeton University theGrio.com
On Tuesday, several Princeton students walked out of an anthropology lesson when their white professor repeatedly used a racial slur.
/ February 8, 2018
Frederick Douglass thegrio.com
A press release issued by the Trump White House during Black History Month, misspelled the name of American icon Frederick Douglass.
/ February 8, 2018
For many, whiteness – as an identity – is such a precious commodity that the thought that they could be anything other than white causes them extreme cognitive dissonance.
/ February 7, 2018
Nasir Anderson theGrio.com
Arizona mother Brittany Anderson moved schools for her son, Nszir, after he was told that his braided hair violated the school dress code.
/ February 7, 2018