TheGrio Awards

TheGrio’s inaugural Philanthropy Icon Award winner Robert F. Smith thinks America should put its money where the wealth gap is.
/ November 21, 2022
EGOT winner Jennifer Hudson took home the Trailblazer Icon Award at theGrio's first annual awards ceremony.
/ November 21, 2022
Fantasia, Jennifer Hudson, Patti Labelle, Queen Latifah, and Yolanda Adams singing Karyn White's "Superwoman.
The highly anticipated awards ceremony honoring Black excellence will air Saturday on CBA and Sunday on theGrio Cable Network.
/ November 20, 2022
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Robert F. Smith, the richest Black man in America, earned the Philanthropy Icon Award at the inaugural theGrio Awards.
/ November 10, 2022
Real estate developer Don Peebles
Don Peebles, the real estate developer behind the Affirmation Tower and Angels Landing, is working to build a much more…
/ November 10, 2022
Women's rights activist and track star Allyson Felix received the Sports Icon Award at the inaugural theGrio Awards.
/ November 10, 2022
TV producer Norman Lear
In his 70-plus-year career, legendary TV producer Norman Lear has changed the way Black people are portrayed on screen.
/ November 10, 2022
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Media mogul Tyler Perry, the embodiment of the American Dream, went from struggling artist to head of a billion-dollar empire.
/ November 10, 2022
Lawyer Ben Crump has been dubbed "Black America's attorney general," leading the fight against police violence and systemic racism.
/ November 10, 2022
Alena Analeigh McQuarter made history as the youngest African-American to be accepted into medical school.
/ November 10, 2022
Jennifer Hudson is the youngest woman to reach EGOT status after winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and a Tony.
/ November 10, 2022
The legend with a voice that can raise the roof, Patti LaBelle has entertained us for decades across Broadway, film…
/ November 10, 2022