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Six men. Three states. Proud not to be washed up dads

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N.C. Democratic Black caucus to boycott annual party convention Juneteenth weekend 

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Judge denies extension of Louisiana redistricting deadline

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Who’s the Black woman on today’s Google doodle? The woman who taught Marian Anderson and Paul Robeson, that’s who 

Today in 1911, Amanda Aldridge performed a recital on her piano at Queens Small Hall, the main concert auditorium in…
/ June 17, 2022
Activist Groups Protest Against Senate Majority Leader McConnell On National Reparations Day

Five entertainment events celebrating Juneteenth

theGrio highlights five ways that Juneteenth is being celebrated in the word of entertainment in New York, online and on…
/ June 17, 2022

Chicago police superintendent recommends firing cop accused of dragging Black woman by her hair

Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown has said Officer David Laskus, accused of dragging a Black woman by her hair, should…
/ June 17, 2022

75 years after sentencing Freedom Riders to the chain gang, N.C. tosses out their convictions

Legendary civil rights leader Bayard Rustin and three men who were sentenced to work on a chain gang in North…
/ June 17, 2022

Popular L.A. bookstore that held signings for Maya Angelou, Muhammad Ali, Spike Lee, is closing its doors

"There are places where people find their identities and find their friends," said a patron, "and Eso Won was one…
/ June 17, 2022

Amazon, J.C. Penney, Walmart cash in on holiday celebrating Black people’s freedom

Retailers and marketers have been quick to commemorate Juneteenth with an avalanche of merchandise from ice cream to T-shirts to…
/ June 17, 2022

On a trail connected to the Underground Railroad, Zwena Gray found history, liberation and beauty

Zwena Gray Gray, according to several media reports, became the first Black woman in modern time to thru-hike the Bruce Trail.
/ June 17, 2022

George Washington Univ. says it’ll stop using ‘colonial’, but not until a year from now 

The Washington, D.C.-based college will continue to use Colonials until a new mascot label is introduced in its 2023-2024 school…
/ June 16, 2022

Drug to treat alopecia gets FDA approval

The FDA has approved a drug that is set to provide some relief for adults battling severe alopecia areata.
/ June 16, 2022

Bipartisan gun safety framework is a good start, but doesn’t go far enough

If there’s anything Americans of all political persuasions and every race should unite around, it is the reasonable gun safety…
/ June 16, 2022

‘Red Table Talk,’ Jada Pinkett Smith pull out chair for a former neo-Nazi leader to discuss his detox from hate  

Jada Pinkett Smith sits down with Jeff Schoep, an ex Neo-Nazi leader to discuss denouncing hatred and racism.
/ June 16, 2022

Black leaders applaud Biden amid ‘Pride’ executive order, express concerns over growing anti-LGBTQ laws

Black leaders in Congress and the civil rights space applauded President Joe Biden for his historic commitments to advancing LGBTQ…
/ June 16, 2022