Black History Month

Watch: How Jerry Lawson pioneered the world of video games

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Watch: How Marie Van Brittan Brown shaped home security in ‘Keeping Black History Alive’

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From ‘We Are the World’ to ‘Worship,’ let’s recognize the transformative power of Black music 

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The 10 Black History Month Commandments

This survival guide will help you survive the 29 days of white nonsense you are sure to encounter during Black…
/ February 2, 2024
Jada Pinkett Smith and Allen Payne in "Jason's Lyric"

Significant Moments  in Black History: Jason was ready to risk it all when Lyric showed him a sunset for the first time

In a tale as old as time, Jason was a chap whose world was small, and Lyric opened him right…
/ February 2, 2024

Major Taylor overcame racism to become the first Black superstar athlete

Marshall "Major" Taylor overcame racism to become the world's greatest cyclist and first Black global superstar.
/ February 2, 2024

Watch: How NASA engineer Lonnie Johnson took the toy market by storm

Learn how a NASA employee turned his passion for tinkering into a revolutionary water gun that became a sensation.
/ February 2, 2024
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James Baldwin’s Google Doodle reminds us that art is activism

In honor of Black History Month and James Baldwin's centennial birthday, Google unveiled a Doodle in his honor.
/ February 1, 2024

Watch: How Valerie Thomas birthed 3D imagery

TheGrio series "Keeping Black History Alive" will highlight remarkable Black individuals and their historic achievements in various fields.
/ February 1, 2024
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This might be the worst Black History Month pitch ever

I have gotten some weird and concerning pitches from publicists and PR firms before, but this one takes the cake. 
/ January 30, 2024

FAMU students fear Florida law will affect teaching topics related to race and American history

Students at Florida A&M University fear a Florida law will effect teaching topics related to race and American history.
/ January 7, 2024

Descendants of enslaved people fight to save historic Black communities

Researchers estimate there are less than 30 incorporated historic Black towns in the United States, down from 1,200 at the…
/ December 21, 2023

Hollis Watkins, jailed repeatedly fighting segregation in Mississippi, dies at 82

Hollis Watkins, who challenged segregation in Mississippi and toiled alongside civil icons Medgar Evers and Bob Moses, has died. He was 82.
/ September 23, 2023
U.S. Supreme Court Ketanji Brown Jackson, theGrio.com

Tell the unflinching truth about history, Justice Jackson says to church crowd in Birmingham

Remembering the lethal Birmingham, Alabama, church bombing Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said the nation must own its uncomfortable history.
/ September 15, 2023
The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.., March on Washington, 1963, thegrio.com

Commemorating ‘I Have a Dream’ speech through music

Thousands of Americans converged on the U.S. capital to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech.
/ August 29, 2023