Black History Month

On Virginia's Pocahontas Island, Richard Stewart's house doubles as a Black History Museum chronicling the island's history.
/ May 9, 2021
Darren E. Bryant became the youngest sitting mayor in Illinois history last month when the 29-year-old took office as mayor…
/ May 8, 2021
FAMU
D.C. student Curtis Lawrence III, an academically gifted 16 year-old, is on his way to FAMU. In 2019, Lawrence graduated…
/ May 4, 2021
Bruce's Beach Park plaque stolen thegrio.com
60 Minutes+ correspondent Wesley Lowery traveled to Bruce’s Beach to report on efforts to return the land to the descendants…
/ May 2, 2021
Germany agreed to return hundreds of artifacts known as the Benin Bronzes looted from West Africa by a British colonial…
/ May 2, 2021
An education app responded to a 7-year-old Tennessee student by adding hairstyle options for Black girls to its avatars.
/ May 2, 2021
Miami-Dade County Tests Voting Machines
Conservative outlet Newsmax has issued a public apology to Eric Coomer of Dominion Voting Machines after accusing him of rigging…
/ May 1, 2021
Some Native American tribal nations that once owned slaves also are grappling with their own mistreatment of Black people.
/ May 1, 2021
Many Black Americans excluded from white-owned cemeteries built their own burial spaces, and their descendants are working to preserve them.
/ May 1, 2021
Dickinson High School teacher Howard Zlotkin
New Jersey teacher Howard Zlotkin went on a profanity-laced rant against his students about race, Black Lives Matter and George…
/ April 30, 2021
Byron Allen thegrio.com
Allen Media CEO and chairman Byron Allen acquires 12 stations from Gray TV in an all-cash deal for $380M it…
/ April 29, 2021
Pollution
A new study on fine particulate matter reveals that highways, construction sites, and electric utilities are polluting Black communities.
/ April 28, 2021