Black History Month

Robert E. Lee statue thegrio.com
The school went on to share how the names were selected based on the contributions of George Washington and Robert…
/ June 5, 2021
Jim Garrison resigned his leadership position after a veteran speaking about the Black origins of Memorial Day was silenced.
/ June 5, 2021
Nikole Hannah-Jones thegrio.com
A sought-after chemistry professor decided not to join the University of North Carolina faculty over the dispute.
/ June 5, 2021
Tulsa race riot
Survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre will be gifted $100,000 each on the heels of the 100-year commemoration.
/ June 3, 2021
Juneteenth thegrio.com
Oregon state senators unanimously voted to make Juneteenth an official state holiday. The bill heads to the House and to…
/ June 2, 2021
Geraldine Moriba, Senior Vice President of News & Entertainment
Journalist, filmmaker, and media executive Geraldine Moriba has rejoined the Grio family as senior vice president of News & Entertainment.
/ June 2, 2021
Barack And Michelle Obama Attend Portrait Unveiling At Nat'l Portrait Gallery theGrio.com
The portraits of former President and First Lady Barack and Michelle Obama are heading to Chicago in a new national…
/ June 2, 2021
Jay-Z thegrio.com
Black Twitter reacts to Jay-Z calling multi-hyphenate reality star Kim Kardashian the “queen of the come up” in a new…
/ June 2, 2021
Naomi Osaka Louis Vuitton tennis thegrio.com
Following Naomi Osaka’s withdrawal from the French Open citing mental health reasons, sports apparel giant Nike has expressed support.
/ June 1, 2021
theGRIO.com
Newspaper publisher and UNC megadonor, Walter E. Hussman Jr. said he was worried about the controversy of Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure.
/ May 31, 2021
The first Memorial Day celebration was in 1865 when emancipated Black people in Charleston exhumed a mass grave for Union…
/ May 31, 2021
Tulsa thegrio.com
Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten is a documentary that tributes those who lost their lives and celebrates those still…
/ May 31, 2021