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Highland Beach Maryland theGrio.com
August 12, 2022
Co-founded by Frederick Douglass' son Charles, Highland Beach is the oldest known Black resort town in America.
August 12, 2022
The street in west St. Louis County is situated at the site of two plantations where more than 100 slaves…
August 5, 2022
The name of a city judge with ties to the KKK has officially been removed from a federal building in…
The Ink Well beach theGrio.com
August 5, 2022
As we reach the peak of the summer heat, theGrio celebrates the legacy of the Santa Monica beach known as…
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
August 3, 2022
A fight is brewing over Atlanta’s historic Auburn Avenue as local conservationists seek to protect a long-forgotten piece of history. 
Emancipation Day
August 1, 2022
Canada celebrated its first Emancipation Day in August 2021, nearly 200 years after slavery ended and freed thousands of people.
Johnson Publishing Company thegrio.com
July 30, 2022
Two iconic African American publications have transferred sole ownership of their vast archive which document 20th-century Black life.
Inkwell beach Oak Bluffs theGrio.com
July 29, 2022
As we reach the peak of the summer heat, theGrio celebrates the legacy of Black summer retreats, including Oak Bluffs…
July 26, 2022
The Jackie Robinson Museum, dedicated to the career and activism of the late baseball legend, opens in New York City…
Idlewild theGrio.com
July 22, 2022
As we reach the peak of the summer heat, theGrio celebrates the legacy of Black summer retreats, beginning with Idlewild,…
Little Rock Nine Anniversary
July 21, 2022
The Little Rock Board of Directors has voted to temporarily halt the granting of permits for the area made famous…
July 20, 2022
Homer G. Phillips Hospital was once a treasure of Black life in St. Louis, a backbone of the community during…
mary mcleod bethune statue
July 12, 2022
Statues of Blacks in other parts of the Capitol honor Martin Luther King Jr., Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth and Rosa…
July 11, 2022
The descendants of the enslaved people aboard the Clotilda held a ceremony in Africa Town, Alabama, to mark the anniversary of…
July 11, 2022
Area artists feel cheated since Wesley Wofford was commissioned outright without officials requesting sketches or ideas from others.
July 6, 2022
Grier told reporters his achievement is "something that I’m extremely proud of" at an introductory news conference Tuesday.
Lyndon B. Johnson (whitehouse.gov)
July 4, 2022
Abraham Lincoln tops the list of best presidents for Black people because he did more than issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
July 2, 2022
The exhibition will run through Sunday, Sept. 25, in the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Exhibition Hall at the Two Mississippi…
IIyasah Shabazz, theGrio.com
June 30, 2022
Educator and activist Dr. Ilyasah Shabazz thanks father, Malcolm X, for everything he has done for the Black community.
June 28, 2022
The national park system refers to about 40 places as "African American experience sites," and new sites are under consideration.