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September 14, 2023
The limited-edition EBONY issue will include original cover stories featuring Lil' Kim, 50 Cent, Busta Rhymes, Rick Ross and Swizz…
Judge Rowan Wilson sworn in
September 13, 2023
Rowan Wilson, the first Black chief judge in New York state, was sworn in to his post on Tuesday as…
Iconoclast dinner experience, IDE, Lowcountry cuisine, Chef Bernard Bennett, Lezli Levene Harvell, South Carolina, land loss, Montage Palmetto Bluffs, Black chefs, theGrio.com
September 7, 2023
The Iconoclast Dinner Experience's "13 Million Acres" travels to South Carolina's Lowcountry to highlight a shared history of land loss.
Edward Garrison Draper posthumous bar admission
September 7, 2023
Edward Garrison Draper will receive posthumous admission to Maryland state bar in a special session on Oct. 26, 2023.
The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.., March on Washington, 1963, thegrio.com
August 29, 2023
Thousands of Americans converged on the U.S. capital to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech.
Florida Black history museum
August 28, 2023
Florida governor Ron DeSantis has appointed the first three members of a task force to handle the creation of a…
Penfield Cemetery Georgia
August 24, 2023
Emory University is dedicated to clearing and identifying once-hidden African American gravestones at Georgia's Penfield Cemetery.
Travel, Black travel, traveling while Black, historic Black beach towns, Black beach getaways, Black history, Sag Harbor, Martha's Vineyard, Oak Bluffs, Bruce's Beach, Labor Day travel, summer travel, summer vacation, theGrio.com
August 15, 2023
From Oak Bluffs to Sag Harbor, these U.S. beach towns are both relaxing and rich in Black history and legacy.
Florida education commissioner backs out of town hall in predominately Black Miami Gardens neighborhood
August 10, 2023
There will be a town hall in Miami Gardens on Thursday about Florida's controversial Black history curriculum.
Arthur Ashe mural vandalized
August 9, 2023
A white national group has failed to respond to a lawsuit filed against them after they vandalized an Arthur Ashe…
August 6, 2023
Entrepreneur Julius Rosenwald gave $20 million to his foundation to build schools and $4 million more to other African American…
A chalkboard with the words "Black History" being erased above a map of Florida
July 27, 2023
OPINION: While critics have singled out the part of Florida’s Black History standards referencing the “benefits of slavery," theGrio found…
banning Black literature, theGrio.com
July 14, 2023
Banning books not only diminish the injustices experienced by generations of Americans but also prevent educators from doing their jobs.
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.