Black History Month

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…
/ 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…
/ February 8, 2018
For many, whiteness - as an identity - is such a precious commodity that the thought that they could be…
/ 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…
/ February 7, 2018
UGA thegrio.com
In 1961, the University of Georgia (UGA) became the first college in the deep South to integrate. In January of…
/ February 7, 2018
On Tuesday night, Wanda Sykes appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and spoke on whether she would ever visit the
/ February 7, 2018
congressional black caucus members wear kente cloth thegrio.com
During a speech in a manufacturing plant in Cincinnati, Ohio, President Donald Trump called Democrats “treasonous” for their reactions to his
/ February 6, 2018
MLK Dodge Ram thegrio.com
On Sunday, Dodge Ram released a commercial during the Super Bowl that has stirred controversy and has once again brought…
/ February 5, 2018
A new study has shown that American students are not being taught the full truth about slavery. Instead, they are…
/ February 3, 2018
George Washington Student theGrio.com
George Washington University is the latest college campus rocked by scandal after a white sorority member’s racist Snapchat post went
/ February 2, 2018
congressional black caucus members wear kente cloth thegrio.com
Robert Mickens and Elizabeth Alvarado were invited to Donald Trump‘s State of the Union on Tuesday night, where the president
/ February 2, 2018