Juneteenth

Former North Carolina Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, the party's nominee in November's U.S. Senate race, is scheduled to speak Saturday…
/ June 17, 2022
Activist Groups Protest Against Senate Majority Leader McConnell On National Reparations Day
theGrio highlights five ways that Juneteenth is being celebrated in the word of entertainment in New York, online and on…
/ June 17, 2022
Retailers and marketers have been quick to commemorate Juneteenth with an avalanche of merchandise from ice cream to T-shirts to…
/ June 17, 2022
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
"Portraits ‘N Color: Repowered" and "History Half Told Is Untold" will air this weekend on Saturday, June 18th, and Sunday,…
/ June 16, 2022
Lawmakers in Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee and other states failed to pass laws to close state offices and give…
/ June 15, 2022
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Ca.), Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and Vice Chairwoman Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wy.)
It’s been said that democracy dies in the dark. This line of thinking is, at least, as much about darkness…
/ June 14, 2022
"GU272 and Ascension Parish: The Jesuit and Episcopal Connection to Slavery" is a project of the River Road African American…
/ June 13, 2022
More than 2000 first-person accounts of slavery in America have been compiled for a collection that is now available online. 
/ June 13, 2022
Artists of different genres composed new tracks, while others covered songs for the second annual “Juneteenth 2022: Freedom Songs” playlist.
/ June 12, 2022
LA Mayor Eric Garcetti on Monday signed a proclamation making Juneteenth an official city holiday to celebrate the end of…
/ June 12, 2022
Juneteenth thegrio.com
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey authorized Juneteenth Day, the federal holiday marking the end of slavery, as a holiday for state…
/ June 12, 2022