Black History Month

Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
Charles Barkley, the basketball Hall of Famer best known for having a big game and bigger opinions, has decided to put his money where his mouth is. Barkley has donated $250,000 toward educating Mississippi and Alabama high school students about African-American history.
/ April 2, 2018
Thomas Jefferson
Students at Hofstra University on Long Island, N.Y., are hotly debating as some protest for the removal of a statue of Thomas Jefferson, citing his ownership of slaves, while others are in favor of keeping it, citing the third U.S. president’s historical importance.
/ March 30, 2018
Groupon racist ad
Groupon sells “n****r brown” boots and issues a ridiculous apology for the racial slur months after making Tiffany Haddish their spokesperson.
/ March 28, 2018
Virginia Tech women's lacrosse team thegrio.com
[griojw id=”rRGtuNGa” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] Virginia Tech sent out apologies Tuesday after video circulated of its women’s lacrosse team belting out n-word […]
/ March 27, 2018
Zendaya
An exclusive interview with Google.org Principal, Justin Steele, on how the company is funding an innovative computer science program at the Roses in Concrete School in Oakland and enlisted the help of Zendaya.
/ March 26, 2018
Linda Brown thegrio.com
Linda Brown, who as a Kansas girl was at the center of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down racial segregation in schools, has died at age 76.
/ March 26, 2018
Kamala Harris, Ben Jealous
Former NAACP president Ben Jealous, who is making a bid to be governor of Maryland has won some crucial support for his campaign, the latest has come from California Sen. Kamala Harris, according to the Washington Post, who joins a list of progressive politicians backing him.
/ March 26, 2018