Black History Month

A Coast Guard cutter and an athletic building on the Coast Guard Academy campus are being named in honor of…
/ February 6, 2021
Pro-Trump protesters gather in front of the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6, 2021
The U.S. Capitol insurrection upheld the persistent legacy of white supremacy that troubled Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. long ago.
/ February 4, 2021
Whitney Houston Bobbi Kristina Brown thegrio.com
'Whitney Houston and Bobbi Kristina: Didn’t We Almost Have It All' is a two-hour documentary that seeks' to dispel narratives.
/ February 4, 2021
Word of Frazier's departure from Merck comes as the pharmaceutical giant discontinues its development of a vaccine against COVID-19.
/ February 4, 2021
Summer of Soul thegrio.com
Questlove’s directorial debut, 'Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised),' won big at the 2021 Sundance…
/ February 3, 2021
Construction on former president Barack Obama's state-of-the-art presidential center in the South Side of Chicago will break ground this year.
/ February 3, 2021
Regina King thegrio.com
Regina King earned the best director Golden Globe nomination for her directorial debut, One Night in Miami.
/ February 3, 2021
MusiCares Person Of The Year Honoring Dolly Parton – Inside
In an exclusive interview with The Today Show, beloved country icon Dolly Parton rejected the Presidential Medal of Freedom from…
/ February 2, 2021
A full-fledged department devoted to African and African American studies has been approved for of Louisiana's flagship university.
/ January 31, 2021
The $500,000 fund is targeting race-based inequalities that have proliferated for generations in Memorial Episcopal Church and the community.
/ January 30, 2021
The at-home fitness brand Peloton is celebrating Black History Month with the launch of a new capsule collection.
/ January 29, 2021
Gov. Ralph Northam, who backs the bill, said the state should no longer celebrate a man who fought integration
/ January 23, 2021