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Big E WWE thegrio.com
September 17, 2021
WWE Champion Big E made history as the fourth Black man to win the title and tells theGrio about the…
Dr. Sian Proctor thegrio.com
September 15, 2021
Dr. Sian Proctor is making history as the first Black woman to serve as a pilot of a spacecraft when…
September 4, 2021
The Fisk Jubilee singers are the latest recipient of the numerous financial donations to Fisk University this year.
Daniel Rope Ties thegrio.com
September 2, 2021
South African designer Daniel Ngobeni made headlines after releasing a line of neckties that resemble nooses.
theGRIO.com
August 25, 2021
Huey P. Newton's widow is speaking out about the vandalization of a memorial site designated to honor the Black Panther…
Tulsa Commemorates 100th Anniversary Of Tulsa Race Massacre
August 20, 2021
Tulsa residents want the Department of Justice's help in locating mass grave sites of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
August 15, 2021
Listeners can experience Marian Anderson's storied career over four decades when Sony Classical issues a digitally remastered collection.
August 15, 2021
King was 26 when the Montgomery Improvement Association met at Mt. Zion AME Church on Dec. 5, 1955, the first…
August 14, 2021
A ribbon-cutting at the renovated Alex Haley Museum and Interpretive Center took place Friday. A community celebration is scheduled Saturday.
Lex Scott Utah thegrio.com
August 10, 2021
The founder of Black Lives Matter Utah is stepping down after she made critical comments about the American flag.
Frederick Douglass thegrio.com
July 4, 2021
An oppressed Black America must always remind white America that it has nothing to celebrate on the July 4 holiday.
Sterling K. Brown thegrio.com
June 23, 2021
During a recent conversation with theGrio for the Juneteenth Live! special, Sterling K. Brown shared how he celebrates his cultural…
theGRIO.com
June 21, 2021
Simone Manuel is headed to the summer Olympics in Tokyo after winning the 50-meter freestyle at the U.S Olympic Team…
Members of the Black Panther Party in 1969
June 13, 2021
A Bay Area apartment will transform into the location of a “mini museum” to honor and explore the history of…
June 13, 2021
John Shackelford organized the 1,100-mile ride from Alabama to Washington D.C. which traced the route of the Underground Railroad.
Latta Plantation Juneteenth
June 11, 2021
A historic plantation in North Carolina is facing backlash for a planned Juneteenth event which promised a perspective from a…
June 6, 2021
The sites, along with 10 other locations in nine states, need immediate attention or risk being lost, according to a…
Juneteenth thegrio.com
June 3, 2021
Detroit will be commemorating Juneteenth with a three-day celebration of events in the city that will be in person and…
June 3, 2021
For two minutes, retired Army Lt. Col. Barnard Kemter’s 11-minute speech was quieted in what he thought was a technical…
Tulsa thegrio.com
May 31, 2021
Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten is a documentary that tributes those who lost their lives and celebrates those still…