Slavery

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Gayle King thegrio.com
February 10, 2019
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam receives more backlash on social media Sunday for referring to the first Africans as “indentured servants.”
Joycelyn Davis, a direct descendant of Clotilda survivor Charlie Lewis,stands for a portrait at the community center in Africatown in Mobile, Ala., on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019. Davis is is organizing the "Spirit of Our Ancestors" festival, a reunion for descendants of Clotilda survivors. “I am so proud to say I am a descendant. That wasn’t a word that I used maybe 10, 15 years ago,” said Davis, 42, a sixth-generation granddaughter of African captive Charlie Lewis. “It was shameful as a child.” (AP Photo/Julie Bennett) thegrio.com
February 8, 2019
The years have been hard on Africatown USA. Established by the last boatload of Africans abducted into slavery and shipped…
Africans
February 7, 2019
Historians are working to learn more about the first Africans to live in Jamestown, America's first successful permanent settlement, to…
African American Statue in Virginiathegrio.com
February 7, 2019
The discovery last week of a racist photo on Gov. Ralph Northam‘s 1984 medical school yearbook page has served as
January 22, 2019
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott agreed Friday to remove a plaque in the state Capitol that rejects…
Mohamed Tourne, Denise Cros-Toure thegrio.com
January 10, 2019
A young African woman is finally getting to tell her story after a wealthy Dallas couple was arrested on suspicion…
December 18, 2018
The slavery reparations discussion has been reignited thanks to a new report by University of Connecticut researcher Thomas Craemer, who tallied…
Sabrina Flor/Instagram thegrio.com
November 2, 2018
There are plenty of Halloween costumes for parents to grab at their local stores, but one mom apparently didn’t think…
Kanye West Uganda AP thegrio.com
October 18, 2018
An African Studies professor from Uganda who teaches in New York, wants Kanye West to know the truth about Uganda's…
Janelle Monae thegrio.com
October 3, 2018
[griojw id=”KTwHTcj8″ playerid=”x9J2bwvH”]   Janelle Monae is joining the cast of the Harriet Tubman biopic, Harriet. —‘Bad Boys 3’ movie news
Melania Trump visits slave castle in Ghana thegrio.com
October 3, 2018
[griojw id=”icOg0v7H” playerid=”x9J2bwvH”]   Melania Trump has visited a former slave holding facility on the coast of Ghana and says
Classroom theGrio.com
September 28, 2018
[griojw id=”321IjGFc” playerid=”x9J2bwvH”]   A white Bronx social studies teacher who has been terminated for allegedly asking black students to
Kanye West Donald Trump thegrio.com
August 30, 2018
[griojw id=”hi2LjJYx” playerid=”BqxyiSkR”]   Did Kanye West finally wake up? On Wednesday, the Ye rapper took a moment to say
July 31, 2018
[griojw id=”4E3k2xwU” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   Austin, Texas, city leaders are working to clean up their streets by changing street names of
Confederate statue in Alabama thegrio.com
July 26, 2018
[griojw id=”gkR8Dlid” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   Imagine a world where the South won the Civil War and slavery is now incorporated into
Eppes
July 20, 2018
Florida State University is joining the growing list of communities and institutions giving the boot to statues heralding people who
T.I. at 2018 SXSW on March 17, 2018 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for SXSW)
July 6, 2018
Rapper T.I. has always been the type of stand-up guy to go against the grain. So, it’s no surprise when
June 23, 2018
[griojw id=”9m05d57S” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] This week’s “Editor’s Note” focuses on the Trump Administration’s immigration policy of separating parents and children, and
June 20, 2018
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Some critics of the forced separation of Latino children from their migrant parents say the practice…
Donald Trump
June 19, 2018
[griojw id=”x0OlfnVF” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   As children and their parents wait to be released from cages at the nation’s borders, President