News
Former North Carolina Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, the party's nominee in November's U.S. Senate race, is scheduled to speak Saturday…
Entertainment
theGrio highlights five ways that Juneteenth is being celebrated in the word of entertainment in New York, online and on…
Juneteenth
Retailers and marketers have been quick to commemorate Juneteenth with an avalanche of merchandise from ice cream to T-shirts to…
News
Zwena Gray Gray, according to several media reports, became the first Black woman in modern time to thru-hike the Bruce Trail.
HBCU
"Portraits ‘N Color: Repowered" and "History Half Told Is Untold" will air this weekend on Saturday, June 18th, and Sunday,…
Black History Month
Lawmakers in Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee and other states failed to pass laws to close state offices and give…
Politics
It’s been said that democracy dies in the dark. This line of thinking is, at least, as much about darkness…
Black History Month
La. exhibit tells story of nearly 300 enslaved people Georgetown University sold to pay off its debt
"GU272 and Ascension Parish: The Jesuit and Episcopal Connection to Slavery" is a project of the River Road African American…
Black History Month
More than 2000 first-person accounts of slavery in America have been compiled for a collection that is now available online.
Juneteenth
Artists of different genres composed new tracks, while others covered songs for the second annual “Juneteenth 2022: Freedom Songs” playlist.
Juneteenth
LA Mayor Eric Garcetti on Monday signed a proclamation making Juneteenth an official city holiday to celebrate the end of…
Juneteenth
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey authorized Juneteenth Day, the federal holiday marking the end of slavery, as a holiday for state…