Black History Month

More than 50 years after banning him for his low-key racial injustice protest at the Munich Olympics, the International Olympic…
/ December 13, 2022
Bobby Fouther and his sister ar among 26 Blacks suing Portland, its urban development agency and Legacy Emanuel Hospital.
/ December 12, 2022
LSU is recognizing four trailblazing Black alumni whose contributions to breaking barriers has left a lasting impact on the school.
/ December 10, 2022
Jim Stewart, producer, engineer and co-founder of legendary Memphis music label, Stax Records, has died at age 92.
/ December 6, 2022
Bass requested that the vice president administer her oath of office, and a Harris staffer said she was "honored to…
/ December 6, 2022
Joey McFarland said Friday of the image he pulled from his pocket: "I wanted a piece of Peter to be…
/ December 5, 2022
Mamie King-Chalmers, who can be seen protesting in a civil rights photo taken in Birmingham, Alabama in the 1970s, has…
/ December 4, 2022
Will Smith Antoine Fuqua Emancipation film theGrio.com
"Emancipation" is here. The brand new Will Smith movie from filmmaker Antoine Fuqua is officially in select theaters before its…
/ December 2, 2022
Jorge Elorza, Providence, Rhode Island reparations
The City of Providence, Rhode Island is receiving some push back after launching what's said to be a $10 million…
/ December 1, 2022
Barbados Crop Over theGrio.com
On its first anniversary of complete independence from British rule, Barbados continues to celebrate what it now means to be…
/ November 30, 2022
Underground Railroad Trail of Tears Travel theGrio.com
Sites commemorating the Underground Railroad and Indigenous American history exist throughout North America. Have you visited one yet?
/ November 29, 2022
“The Kwanzaa Menu,” hosted by food scholar Tonya Hopkins, is the network’s first series centered around the seven-day holiday.
/ November 27, 2022