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Blue Ivy Carter (L) and Beyonce Knowles-Carter thegrio
At just eight-years-old Blue Ivy Carter can say she is an NAACP Image Award winner after “Brown Skin Girl” won the award for Outstanding Duo, Group of Collaboration.
/ February 23, 2020
Rihanna theGrio.com
Rihanna was honored with the NAACP Image Awards’ 2020 President’s Award, highlighting her efforts in philanthropy.
/ February 23, 2020
B. Smith thegrio.com
Television personality, fashion model and entrepreneur B. Smith has died at age 70 after a seven-year battle with Alzheimer’s.
/ February 23, 2020
Janelle Monae
Check out all the fabulous photos of stars like Michael B. Jordan, Lena Waithe, Cynthia Erivo and more on the red carpet at the NAACP Image Awards.
/ February 22, 2020
Jason Johnson_TheGrio
Jason Johnson, a MSNBC contributor, criticized supporters of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders for “trotting out misfit Black girls” to defend his views.
/ February 22, 2020
Bobby Rush_TheGrio
On Thursday, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md) announced that the House will vote next week to officially make lynching a federal hate crime.
/ February 22, 2020
Ben Gordon_TheGrio
Former NBA player Ben Gordon gets frank about suicide in a piece for the Players’ Tribune on life after his NBA career came to an end.
/ February 22, 2020