Black History

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March 4, 2025

Hundred year old Black grave site in Virginia being moved to make way for industrial park

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February 28, 2025

Students, educators, and content creators fight to keep Black history alive amid DEI attacks

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February 28, 2025

How Tommie Smith and John Carlos’ 1968 Black Power salute inspired me to find my purpose

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February 28, 2025

Black-owned companies ‘Because of Them We Can’ and ‘Most Incredible Studio’ collaborate on a LEGO set to honor Black History

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February 21, 2025

They want to erase us — But our history, our stories, our resilience can’t be erased 

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President Barack Obama, theGrio.com
February 20, 2025

Most influential Black politicians in American history

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November 11, 2024

Tulsa Race Massacre survivor Lessie Benningfield Randle turns 110 years old

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Colin Allred, theGrio.com
November 5, 2024

These 2024 candidates could make Black history this Election Day

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October 23, 2024

South Carolina to build first monument to an African American. Meet Robert Smalls

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Baseball player Jackie Robinson, thegrio.com
September 23, 2024

19 Black figures who changed history

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September 15, 2024

No one wants to talk about racial trauma. Why my family broke our silence

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August 21, 2024

Fannie Lou Hamer rattled the Democratic convention with her ‘Is this America?’ speech 60 years ago

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July 4, 2024

What, to Black Americans, is the 4th of July? A day with a history of resistance

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May 15, 2024

Viola Fletcher, oldest living survivor of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, celebrates 110th birthday

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April 25, 2024

Opal Lee, ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth,’ to receive eighth honorary doctorate for unwavering commitment to civil rights

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Underground Railroad stamps
March 15, 2024

Underground Railroad stamps honor those who helped people who were enslaved reach freedom

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March 1, 2024

Lisa Blunt Rochester, who turned tragedy into purpose, aims to join historic shortlist of Black female US senators

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Filmmaker Adrian Burrell
February 27, 2024

Watch: Adrian Burrell highlights the importance of our oral histories

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February 20, 2024

Watch: Jackie Aina is the face of online glam

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February 6, 2024

Watch: Target removes educational toy that misidentified civil rights icons

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