Black History Month

The Fisk Jubilee singers are the latest recipient of the numerous financial donations to Fisk University this year.
/ September 4, 2021
school thegrio.com
Two Texas teachers died within days of one another from COVID-19 related complications, causing the district to shut down.
/ September 1, 2021
AfroTech Executive thegrio.com
Blavity Inc. held its first-ever executive conference featuring key players in the tech world for an up close and personal…
/ August 30, 2021
Shaquille Brewster theGRIO.com
NBC News correspondent Shaquille Brewster was covering Hurricane Ida when he had to cut his live report short due to…
/ August 30, 2021
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TikTok has responded to the 'milk crate challenge' by announcing a ban on all videos showing users attempting the latest…
/ August 28, 2021
Silent Prayer Walk And Rally Marks 50th Anniversary Of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Assassination
TIME and Fortnite have teamed up for a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and social media users are…
/ August 26, 2021
Former congressional candidate Kimberly Klacik is suing Candace Owens for defamation and is demanding the conservative pundit fork over $20M.
/ August 26, 2021
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Magic City Poetry Festival founder, 31-year-old Ashley M. Jones, has been named the first Black poet laureate for Alabama.
/ August 25, 2021
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Huey P. Newton's widow is speaking out about the vandalization of a memorial site designated to honor the Black Panther…
/ August 25, 2021
Through countless hours of research, interviews, Michele Jones Galvin and her mother confirmed their direct connection to Harriet Tubman.
/ August 25, 2021
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Former Philadelphia police detectives were arrest for perjury which led to an innocent Black man, Anthony Wright, being wrongly convicted.
/ August 24, 2021
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North Carolina judges rule to grant voting access to over 50,000 convicted felons including ones currently on probation
/ August 24, 2021