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Rehan StatonTPerryLawStudent, theGrio.com
April 26, 2023
After receiving an act of kindness from Hollywood mogul Tyler Perry, Harvard Law grad, Rehan Staton looks to pay it…
April 25, 2023
Palms Springs officials have apologized for the city's role in what one state official called a “city-engineered holocaust” in an…
SiriusXM's Town Hall With The Cast Of 'Bad Boys For Life' Hosted By SiriusXM's Sway Calloway
April 25, 2023
Get ready for another "Bad Boys" film! Will Smith and Martin Lawrence teased the upcoming fourth film in the beloved…
April 25, 2023
Award-winning journalist Gayle King will be honored on Saturday at the second annual "Byron Allen Presents The Washington, D.C. Gala."
Base to be renamed for Black Army pioneers
April 25, 2023
Fort Lee in Virginia, named after Confederate General Robert E. Lee, will be renamed in honor of two African-American officers.
Senate candidate suggests reparations for white people
April 25, 2023
A Republican Senate candidate in Ohio wants reparations for white descendants of Union soldiers who died in the Civil War.
Barbara Jordan, Barbara Jordan building, theGrio.com
April 25, 2023
The Barbara Jordan Building in Austin, a $260 million 12-story structure, will house the Texas Department of Insurance.
April 25, 2023
Prince Rogers Nelson Memorial Highway will cover seven miles in Chanhassen and Eden Prairie. Its purple signs arrive this summer.
April 25, 2023
Tennessee became the latest state in America to make Juneteenth, which celebrates the freedom of enslaved people, a paid holiday.
29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards - Arrivals
April 24, 2023
Emmy-winning actress Zendaya made a surprise appearance at Coachella on Saturday, singing two songs during Labrinth's set.
April 24, 2023
The University of South Carolina has named a building after a non-white person for the first time in its 222-year…
2022 Toronto International Film Festival - World Premiere Of "The Blackening"
April 24, 2023
Get ready four your new favorite horror film. "The Blackening," from the minds of Tracy Oliver ("Girls Trip," "Harlem") and…
April 24, 2023
On April 15, driver Waldes Thomas Jr. and his passenger tried to deliver groceries and incorrectly stopped at a neighbor's…
Man sentenced for racist email
April 24, 2023
Adam Valvo was arrested 20 days after sending a racially offensive email to Old Bridge councilwoman Edina Brown in March…
Breonna Taylor shooting, Brett Hankison, theGrio.com
April 24, 2023
Fired Louisville officer Myles Cosgrove joined the Carroll County Sheriffs as a deputy on Thursday, and he's already on active…
April 23, 2023
Erika C. Stallworth is the first Black judge in the history of LaPorte County, Indiana, taking over for W. Jonathan Forker.
Colin Kaepernick
April 22, 2023
Colin Kaepernick said he will fund the autopsy of a Black man who died after allegedly being subjected to inhumane…
April 21, 2023
Netflix's upcoming docudrama series is already making headlines. "Queen Cleopatra" from executive producer Jada Pinkett Smith ...
April 21, 2023
An African-American woman is making history as the newly appointed editor-in-chief of the University of Alabama's student newspaper.
Book ban United States
April 21, 2023
EveryLibrary is keeping tabs on 113 potential laws it says will negatively impact libraries or restrict people's access to certain…