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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.
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…