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Lena Horne Forever Stamp thegrio.com
February 1, 2018
It's Black History Month, and the United States Postal Service has decided to mark the occasion by giving Lena Horne…
Marijuana thegrio.com
February 1, 2018
Recreational marijuana use is now legal in California. Wednesday, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón announced the city would be…
Tweetlikethe1600s theGrio.com
February 1, 2018
The objective is to creatively craft the funniest, most ironic and, at times, inappropriate hypothetical scenario that would have occurred…
Old Navy thegrio.com
February 1, 2018
James Conley III alleges that he was racially profiled at an Old Navy store in West Des Moines, IA. His…
Azalea Banks in Australia
February 1, 2018
Azealia Banks has announced she signed a million dollar record deal with eOne Entertainment and insists white women are "brats"…
Langston Hughes thegrio.com
February 1, 2018
Kicking off Black History Month, with surprising facts about one of the best known names of the Harlem Renaissance era.
Jennifer Cooke claims son was passed racist note by three students. (Facebook)
February 1, 2018
An Oregon mother was shocked when she learned that her son was handed a racist note by three other students
February 1, 2018
Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump will be working with Louisville attorney Shannon Fauver on four lawsuits alleging sexual assault by former Louisville…
Kelly Martin Aimery posted a photo of the racist watermelon her daughter received at work on MLK Day. (Kelly Martin Aimery/Facebook) thegrio.com
February 1, 2018
A Michigan bar owner has apologized after his employees gave a biracial coworker a watermelon to mark MLK Day. Kelly
February 1, 2018
An Atlanta man has been left in critical condition after allegedly being run over by a police car. Angelica White
Mari Copeny thegrio.com
January 31, 2018
Amariyanna “Mari” Copeny, also known as “Little Miss Flint,” is stepping up for the #BlackPantherChallenge. She and her cousins have set
Van Jones thegrio.com
January 31, 2018
CNN’s Van Jones was not pleased with President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech. After the speech, Jones said
January 31, 2018
The "No Lackin' Challenge" involved friends drawing guns on each other and is based on the slang term "lackin," which…
Glenndria Morris Lashirley Morris theGrio.com
January 31, 2018
Two Georgia sisters face life in prison after they allegedly beat a 3-year-old child to death because he had eaten…
January 31, 2018
The 90-second ad has Amazon's Alexa losing her voice, and Cardi B helps out, along with a few other celebrities…
Simone Biles theGrio.com
January 31, 2018
Olympic gold medalist Simon Biles appeared on the Today show on Wednesday morning to talk about the sentencing of former USA Gymnastics…
Ben Carson Trump thegrio.com
January 31, 2018
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson reportedly ignored the advice of his own lawyers when he had his son…
Colin Kaepernick thegrio.com
January 31, 2018
For the last $100,000 of his campaign, Colin Kaepernick announced earlier this month that 10 different charities would each receive…
January 31, 2018
A Snapchat video recorded at Franklin High School showed a teenage boy sneaking up on Lauren “LuLu” Williams to steal her wig…
Michael K. Williams thegrio.com
January 31, 2018
The Superfly remake is set to hit theaters this summer, and already, we're looking at an incredibly star-studded cast. The latest addition…