Black History Month

Emory University

Emory University launches African American studies program for PhD students

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Richmond gets court win in lingering confederate statue case 

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Tulsa race massacre

Exhumations resume for DNA to ID Tulsa Race Massacre victims

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Toni Morrison, thegrio.com

Authors Toni Morrison, Ernest J. Gaines honored with new postage stamp

Authors Toni Morrison and Ernest J. Gaines are on the list of honorees to receive a new stamp from the…
/ October 25, 2022

Rice University inaugurates first Black president

Reginald DesRoches has made history in becoming Rice University's first Black president and the eighth president in its 110-year history.
/ October 25, 2022
A hand crosses out the word "Racism" on a chalkboard

Taking down racist arguments, part 1: Are Black people better off in America than in Africa?

The idea that Black people are better off in American than in Africa is racist and it depends on ignoring…
/ October 25, 2022

‘1619 Project’ publisher launches series of readalongs

"The 1619 Project" publisher launches a series of readalongs with authors Matthew Desmond, Michelle Alexander, Leslie Alexander, and more.
/ October 25, 2022

Child of enslaved American dies at 90

Daniel Smith, the son of a man born enslaved during the Civil War and the last survivor of five siblings,…
/ October 24, 2022

Sylvester Croom to be inducted into College Football Hall of Fame, honored by Alabama

The Alabama Crimson Tide football program honored alum and former Mississippi State head coach Sylvester Croom on Friday.
/ October 24, 2022
Emmett Till, theGrio

Emmett Till honored with statue in Mississippi community

GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi community with an elaborate Confederate monument plans to unveil a larger-than-life statue of Emmett Till on…
/ October 21, 2022