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Blackout Day 2020 Encourages Consumers To Shop At Black-Owned Businesses
July 8, 2020
Black business owners are taking to social media to speak out about the boost in support they saw on Blackout…
July 8, 2020
Simon & Schuster announced on Monday that Dana Canedy is their new senior vice president and first Black publisher of…
stimulus checks theGrio.com
July 8, 2020
The Trump administration wants the next stimulus package focused on unemployed Americans, passed before the August recess, and capped at…
July 7, 2020
Mary Trump doesn’t mince her words about her uncle Donald Trump in her new book, accusing the president of being…
SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations: "Black Earth Rising"
July 7, 2020
London-born creative Michaela Coel turned down a $1M Netflix deal to go to HBO because she would have had to…
#MyBlackReceipt www.theGrio.com
July 7, 2020
Financial guru and entrepreneurship coach Kezia Williams launched #MyBlackReceipt to document the support of Black-owned businesses.
Banking Black thegrio.com
July 7, 2020
OneUnited Bank says its the nation’s biggest Black-owned bank. Since protests roiled the nation after George Floyd and Breonna Taylor
Discover #EatItForward www.theGrio.com
July 7, 2020
Discover initiates a social-media campaign, committing $5 million to Black-owned restaurants across the country.  
Super Bowl LIV - San Francisco 49ers v Kansas City Chiefs
July 6, 2020
Quarterback Patrick Mahomes signs a huge multimillion-dollar deal that will keep him in Kansas City for the next 12 years.
Jimmy John Noose theGrio.com
July 6, 2020
Three employees at a Jimmy John's restaurant were let go after making fun of racial incidents by forming a noose…
July 6, 2020
Facial recognition technology has demonstrated clear racial bias with some algorithms up to 100 times better at identifying white people.
July 6, 2020
After months of conducting research into virtual reality businesses, Shantay DeMar launched @VR, a Frederick, MD-based virtual reality gaming business.
July 6, 2020
Khadijah Robinson, the founder of TheNileList.com, calls to make buying Black more than a trend during the country's moment racial…
July 6, 2020
Ebony Magazine has removed its CEO Willard Jackson following an ongoing independent investigation about unspecified improper transactions
Washington NFL
July 2, 2020
Though Native Americans have declared the team name as offensive there has not been enough support to make the change…