Black History Month

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
2019 ESSENCE Festival Presented By Coca-Cola - Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - Day 1
After a stint as one of the few liberal commentators on Fox News, Donna Brazile returns to her role as…
/ May 29, 2021
Mistrust of the police still lingers even a hundred years after the Tulsa Race Riots which police were involved in.
/ May 29, 2021
The Illinois House passed a bill that would make Juneteenth a state holiday. If signed by Governor Pritzker, it will…
/ May 28, 2021