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Pauline Copes Johnson
December 18, 2025
Pauline Copes Johnson, the great-great-great-grandniece of Harriet Tubman, has died at 98 years old, per Harriet Tubman A.M.E. Zion Church.
Texas State University, Texas State University Black history, Texas State University Black history museum, Texas State University Black History 101 theGrio.com
December 18, 2025
After inviting the Black History 101 Mobile Museum to campus, Texas State University uninvited the Black history exhibit citing DEI…
Nina Simone childhood home, Nina Simone home, African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Nina Simone, African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Nina simone home restoration theGrio.com
December 15, 2025
The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund hopes to open Nina Simone’s fully restored childhood home to the public in…
Marc Lamont Hill, Marc Lamont Hill Assata Shakur, Assata Shakur life, Assata Shakur death, Assata Shakur legacy, Marc Lamont Hill Joe Budden Podcast theGrio.com
September 29, 2025
Recently on the Joe Budden podcast, Dr. Marc Lamont Hill explained why many believe Assata Shakur was framed for killing…
Solange Knowles, The Saint Heron Library, Saint Heron, Black authors, Black artists, theGrio.com
September 26, 2025
Solange Knowles launches part 1 of The Saint Heron digital archive library, with part 2 rolling out in the coming…
Berry Washington, Kerry washington wheel of fortune, Wheel of fortune berry washington theGrio.com
September 26, 2025
One wrong answer on “Wheel of Fortune” had social media ready to snatch a Black card… until a Black history…
September 15, 2025
Tillman praised the “beautiful work” of Black actors before him while dedicating his win to his mother’s love and support.
Dutch Slavery, Slave ship, thegrio.com, slavery
August 20, 2025
Discover 10 shocking facts about slavery—from global scale to modern legacies—that reveal how deeply it still shapes our world.
August 6, 2025
Selma home where MLK planned historic voting rights marches relocated to Michigan museum amid mounting political attacks.
Muscogee Nation slaves, Muscogee Nation, Black people tribal citizenship theGrio.com
July 24, 2025
“When I heard the ruling, I felt generations of my family exhale," Muscogee Nation grants descendants of enslaved people tribal…
The Gilded Age, The Gilded Age season 3, Phylicia Rashad The Gilded Age, Black bourgeois The Gilded Age, The Gilded Age Black Elite theGrio.com
July 7, 2025
Season 3 of HBO’s “The Gilded Age” will explore the history of the Black elite, starring Phylicia Rashad, Audra McDonald,…
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library The Schomburg Center, New York Public Library Black history theGrio.com
June 14, 2025
The New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is one of the largest repositories of Black…
June 4, 2025
A rumination on love and the unyielding weight of the past, the opera mixes the living and ghosts ambiguously in…
Anna Mae Robertson, Anna Mae Robertson death, Anna Mae Robertson dead, Six Triple Eight Anna Mae Robertson, how old was anna mae robertson? theGrio.com
June 2, 2025
Anna Mae Robertson, 101, was one of the last surviving members of the “Six Triple Eight," an all Black, all…
The Greenwood Ave Project, The Greenwood Ave Project documentary, Tulsa Race Massacre, 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, where is Black Wall Street?, Black wall street neighborhood theGrio.com
April 25, 2025
"The Greenwood Ave Project" documentary revisits the 1921 Tulsa massacre, illuminating the past and powering the future of Black Wall…
Whitney plantation funding, Whitney Plantation trump, Whitney plantation grant, Whitney plantation grant loss, Trump museum, Trump Black history theGrio.com
April 24, 2025
The Whitney Plantation museum loses its federal grants for Black history and culture as a result of Trump's attack on…
Harriet Tubman, Harriet Tubman National Park Service, National Park service underground railroad webpage, Harriet Tubman Underground railraod theGrio.com
April 9, 2025
"When we see efforts to erase our history...it's actually going to make us weaker [and] less informed," said Alan Spear…
Donald Trump, Linda McMahon, Education Department, theGrio.com
April 3, 2025
The Department of Education memo to states cites that "certain" DEI practices amount to a violation of federal law.
Defense Department, Defense Department Jackie Robinson theGrio.com
March 20, 2025
Pages honoring a Black Medal of Honor winner and Japanese American service members were taken down — the Pentagon said that…
thegrio, oak hill plantation, enslaved cemetery, Virginia
March 4, 2025
About 275 burial plots will be moved from the former Oak Hill Plantation to a new burial site about a…