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Richard Roach Florida
June 27, 2023
Property records in a Florida exhibit have revealed new information about Richard Roach, one of the state's first Black deputies.
June 24, 2023
TheGrio continues to celebrate Juneteenth and Black History with a video clip explaining the life of Whitney Houston.
June 23, 2023
In this video production, theGrio’s Kevin Frazier narrates the life of sports hero and Olympian Jesse Owens.
Etheridge Knight mural
June 21, 2023
A mural honoring the legacy of Black Arts Movement poet Etheridge Knight will soon be unveiled at Indianapolis' Chatterbox Jazz…
Carlotta Walls LaNier, Little Rock Nine, Brown v. Board of Education, A Mighty Long Way, civil rights, Black history, school segregation, education, theGrio.com
June 19, 2023
Carlotta Walls LaNier, the youngest member of the Little Rock Nine, shares her memories, the necessity for a young readers'…
Ebony test kitchen
June 8, 2023
The historic Ebony test kitchen, which has developed key recipes in African American cuisine, will be located in Washington, D.C.
Kerrick Jackson Mizzou
June 7, 2023
Kerrick Jackson is the new hire at University of Missouri, making him the first Black baseball coach in SEC history.
June 1, 2023
Mother Viola Ford Fletcher, 109, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, has released her memoir on Amazon.
Mother daughter graduate Naval Academy
May 31, 2023
A Black mother-daughter duo have become the first such pair to graduate from the United States Naval Academy in its…
Alabama Civil Rights locations preserve
May 31, 2023
Crucial civil rights sites in Alabama will benefit from $3.1 million from the National Park Service's grant program, says Rep.…
May 21, 2023
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore encouraged Morehouse's graduating class of 2023 to celebrate their history during his commencement speech Sunday.
May 2, 2023
Alexandria in Virginia has launched an initiative to share the histories of the city's Black citizens, who have long been…
Colfax Massacre, theGrio.com
April 13, 2023
150 years ago, the Colfax Massacre set the stage for Black voter suppression and 150 years of gun hysteria.
March 20, 2023
In just weeks after the Iron Hill Museum in Newark, Del. opened its African American history trail, it was vandalized…
International African American Museum, IAAM, Black History, thegrio.com
March 5, 2023
Opening in tandem with the observance of Juneteenth, Charleston's new International African American Museum has been 20 years in the…
Willard Motley, Black authors, Knock on Any Door, Archibald Motley, Humphrey Bogart, theGrio.com
February 28, 2023
Willard Motley, a Black writer from Chicago, has been largely ignored by scholars of literature, particularly of Black and gay…
February 20, 2023
This Black History Month took on a new meaning for Democrats in protest of Republican bans on Black history in…
February 18, 2023
“New Jersey will proudly teach our kids that Black History is American History,” Gov. Phil Murphy said in announcing course…
Old Harbour High School Jamaica
February 16, 2023
One of Manhattan's last segregated schoolhouses, known as Colored School No. 4, has struggled for years to gain landmark protection.
February 16, 2023
The Rev. Al Sharpton led a march to the Florida Capitol on Wednesday to protest Gov. Ron DeSantis' rejection of…