Black History Month

John Lewis thegrio.com
There's now a historic marker at the one-story brick house in Alabama where the late civil rights leader and Georgia Congressman John Lewis grew…
/ August 29, 2022
The coalition itself is comprised of wealthy public figures, businesspeople and community leaders including Emmy-winning actor Ben Stiller.
/ August 28, 2022
A Natchez Museum of African American History has received a $1,450 grant to create a map highlighting the civil rights…
/ August 28, 2022
Nichelle Nichols 2021
Nichols' remains are headed to a whole new world, thanks to a company that arranges memorial flights sent into outer…
/ August 26, 2022
First celebrated in 1979, Black August was created to commemorate Black Panther George Jackson’s fight for Black liberation.
/ August 25, 2022
Madam C.J. Walker Barbie theGrio.com
Madam Walker’s great-great-granddaughter A’Lelia Bundles speaks with theGrio about building upon the icon’s legacy with Barbie
/ August 24, 2022
Emmett Till, theGrio
The Emmett Till Alert, modeled after the Amber Alert, will notify state officials, clergy and leaders if an act of…
/ August 24, 2022