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July 10, 2022
Las Vegas attorney Sandra Douglass Morgan has been tapped to be president of the Las Vegas Raiders.
Karine Jean-Pierre
May 17, 2022
TheGrio was in the room as Karine Jean-Pierre made history on her first official day as White House press secretary.
Karine Jean-Pierre
May 5, 2022
Karine Jean-Pierre will make history as the first Black person to serve as White House press secretary, the White House…
April 26, 2022
One of the country's oldest and most prestigious literary magazines, Poetry magazine, names Adrian Matejka its first black editor.
April 25, 2022
Though most Americans support the confirmation of Supreme Court judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the split is mostly on political lines.
Ella Jones theGrio.com
June 3, 2020
In a historic election on Tuesday, voters in Ferguson, Missouri have elected their first female mayor and their first Black…
Michael Tubbs Stockton thegrio.com
January 19, 2018
Stockton California's first Black mayor is offering college scholarships to all Stockton public high school graduates.
September 18, 2017
Sunday night's Emmys saw two major wins for Black Hollywood, with 'Atlanta' star Donald Glover and TV writer Lena Waithe making history.
April 7, 2017
Mound City, Illinois, made history in electing Allison Madison, the first woman and African-American elected to the position of mayor…
March 21, 2017
Nancy Abu-Bonsrah is making history after being admitted to Johns Hopkins as its first black female neurosurgeon.
January 31, 2017
ImeIme Umana is the first black woman to be elected as president of the Harvard Law Review.