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June 26, 2022
Specific details about the museum are slim, but the city of Las Vegas has outlined some expectations on its website.
April 6, 2022
The Sirtify program at Normandale Community College is looking to close the achievement gap between Black and white students.
March 6, 2022
Police reforms in the wake of the George Floyd shooting have proven uneven as police shot and killed a record…
February 7, 2022
Charisse Gibson, an anchorwoman for WWL-TV in New Orleans, shared on Twitter an email warning she received from a viewer.
December 5, 2021
The public university approves recommendation to name two buildings after distinguished Black alumni after unanimous vote from its Cabinet.
September 13, 2021
Released in National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, new research says it continues to disproportionately affect Black men.
Protests Continue Across The Country In Reaction To Death Of George Floyd
August 4, 2021
America always wanted to keep its anti-Black racism a domestic civil rights issue rather than an international human rights issue.
theGRIO.com
May 4, 2021
Netflix has released the trailer for an original culinary series titled 'High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed…
COVID-19 Vaccine
April 3, 2021
Mississippi is leading the country in COVID-19 vaccinations for African Americans, according to the Mississippi State Department of Health.
November 28, 2020
Pope Francis has appointed 13 new cardinals including Archbishop Wilton Gregory, the first African American to hold the high rank.
Kimora Lynum theGrio.com
July 28, 2020
A 9-year-old girl who had no known underlying conditions is the youngest person in Florida to have died from complications…
A. Benjamin Spencer theGrio.com
May 25, 2020
A. Benjamin Spencer will make history by becoming the first African American to be the dean of any school at…
Colin Kaepernick thegrio.com
April 18, 2020
Black and Brown communities have been hit the hardest by coronavirus. Colin Kaepernick is responding to the crisis with a…
December 23, 2019
Noticing the difficulty matching Black therapists with Black people seeking mental health aid, Eric Coly, decided to use technology to…
Iowa
May 27, 2019
With so much African American presence among Democratic presidential candidates, Blacks in Iowa are emboldened as they plan for the…
church
March 19, 2019
Young African Americans say in a survey that they are dropping out of attending church regularlybecause they are seeking a…
January 16, 2019
Almost a month in, the damage is not only taking place on the economy, but it is also affecting many…
homeless
October 11, 2018
In a new study, researchers say as many as one in six African Americans of the baby boomer generation have…
August 28, 2018
[griojw id=”0Vpv5NW4″ playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]If you’ve ever watched journalist, April Ryan, doing her thing in the White House, you can see just
Cancer
August 23, 2018
Economic status that hits communities of color hard, hit its children the hardest when it comes to childhood cancer, according…