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Saks slammed for selling $600 Afro picks as art

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Fifth-grader turns being bullied for her Afro into inspiration for others

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

High school students threatened with suspension for wearing natural hair

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Black Twitter feasts on Allure Magazine's Afro spread

theGRIO REPORT – Allure Magazine has seen better days. A spread in the magazine’s August issue on afros screamed cultural appropriation and ignorance as the latest summer fad – thereby igniting a flurry of pushback on black Twitter…
/ August 4, 2015
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Bill de Blasio rocks Afro wig at charity event

theGRIO REPORT – New York City mayor Bill de Blasio poked fun at himself Saturday night with the help of some famous faces during his first Inner Circle dinner…
/ March 24, 2014
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

African-American girl faces expulsion over her natural hair

theGRIO REPORT – An African-American girl could face expulsion from her high school after school officials said her natural hairstyle was a violation of student conduct…
/ November 26, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Dante de Blasio, Malia Obama named to TIME's 'most influential teens'

theGRIO REPORT – Dante de Blasio and Malia Obama were named to Time magazine’s list of most influential teens Tuesday.
/ November 13, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

President Obama praises hairstyle of Dante de Blasio: 'My afro was never that good'

NBC News – President Barack Obama praised the teenage son of Democratic mayoral hopeful Bill de Blasio for his notorious hairstyle at a New York City fundraiser…
/ September 26, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Cambridge University hosts major exhibition devoted to afro combs

theGRIO REPORT – The fascinating display charts the inception of the comb in Ancient Egypt through to its ascendancy as a political emblem post 1960s…
/ September 23, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Dante de Blasio brings back the ‘fro: theGrio’s favorite afros of all time

theGRIO SLIDESHOW – Dante de Blasio, the teenage son of likely Democratic New York City mayoral nominee Bill de Blasio, became a major figure in the city’s election cycle after appearing in an anti-stop-and-frisk campaign ad…
/ September 12, 2013