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Devon Franklin Maria Castillo
July 16, 2025
DeVon Franklin opens up about his relationship with Afro-Latina fiancée Maria Castillo and why their kids will grow up speaking…
Natasha Alford, American Negra, Afro-Latinos, Afro-Latinx, Afro-Latina, Black authors, Black journalism, Black memoirs, Black autobiographies, Black books, Writing Black podcast, TheGrio Black Podcast Network, theGrio.com
February 13, 2024
On the latest episode of theGrio’s “Writing Black” podcast, Natasha Alford discusses her striking debut memoir, "American Negra."
Mar Cruz dances Puerto Rican bomba in the film "Negra, Yo Soy Bella." Director Vashni Korin, Pelua Productions. Tribeca. (Photo by Gabriella Baéz, courtesy of Vashni Korin)
April 4, 2023
Executive produced by Queen Latifah and directed by Vashni Korin, “Negra, Yo Soy Bella” raises and praises Black Puerto Rican…
August 23, 2022
Prof. Tanya K. Hernández's book, “Racial Innocence: Unmasking Latino Anti-Blackness,” unpacks the complicated relationship between Latinos, Afro-Latinos, and African Americans.
June 21, 2022
Francia Marquez, an enironmentalist who fought gold miners has been elected vice president of Colombia.
March 9, 2022
"Planet Afropunk Live: Miami" will take place Friday, May 20 through Sunday, May 22, featuring Nigerian singer-rapper Rema.
January 16, 2022
Afro-Latina 'West Side Story' star Ariana DeBose hosted the first 'Saturday Night Live' episode of the year on Jan. 15.
Haiti Cuba thegrio.com
July 22, 2021
Black Americans should be just as outraged by what's happening in Cuba and Haiti as they are at racism at…
January 12, 2021
Miya Ponsetto could’ve had a Black boyfriend, cousin, best friend or long-lost great-great-great grandmother and still be racist.
January 12, 2021
In this new original documentary, theGrio's Natasha S. Alford travels to Puerto Rico during a summer of political unrest.
alicia sanchez gill thegrio.com
December 10, 2020
alicia sanchez gill works to ensure resources for Black, Indigenous and People of Color-led social justice movements.
August 25, 2020
Elizabeth Acevedo is speaking on her journey to becoming an author and what Afro-Latinidad and negritude mean to her and…
Dash Harris www.theGrio.com
June 16, 2020
Dash Harris' docu-series 'NEGRO: A DOCU-SERIES ABOUT LATINX IDENTITY' provokes conversations surrouding identity, colonization, racism and the African Diaspora.
April 22, 2020
Rosario Dawson is among other Latinx celebrities and activists depicted as protesters on the comic book La Borinqueña cover
Amara La Negra
October 22, 2019
Gina Rodriguez has received an onslaught of backlash after she said "n***a" while singing a Fugees song, but now Afro-Latina…
September 20, 2019
This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. CAROLINA, Puerto Rico- When Marcos A. Rivera Ortiz, Esq. walks into his
July 19, 2019
NYC’s annual Afro-Latino Festival has emerged to give people who descend from throughout Latin America a chance to learn and…
May 3, 2019
In a new interview with theGrio, actress Yaya DaCosta says she's happy the mainstream media is starting to catch on…
Siempre Bruja
January 11, 2019
Check out the trailer for Netflix's highly-anticipated new series, 'Siempre Bruja' about a 17th century witch who time travels to…
Dr. Aisha Cort thegrio.com
December 19, 2018
Dr. Aisha Cort is an Afro-Latina Spanish lecturer at Howard teaching students to speak a language that has become more…