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Annette Gordon-Reed, who integrated Texas' Conroe ISD in 1964, visited and dedicated a school named in her honor in the…
Henry Louis Gates Jr. has launched a PBS series titled "Making Black America: Through the Grapevine" that celebrates Black joy…
The resolution was introduced on September 22 by United States Representatives Ritchie Torres and Yvette Clarke.
James Meredith will be honored at the Ole Miss-Kentucky game Saturday in an ironic echo of history 60 years to…
Senga Nengudi, the first Black woman to win the Nasher Prize, will receive a $100,000 gift from the Nasher Sculpture…
Stanley Crosby, a Louisiana educator who repeatedly risked his job to advocate for his students, will soon have a library…
The Alexander family is concerned that the expansion of U.S. 183, which spans 400 feet of their property, will demolish…
Senate Democratic hopeful Charles Booker discusses his viral campaign ad invoking a noose and calls out Paul for "weaponizing hate."
African Americans have a complicated relationship with pork but eat it more than any other demographic—including this foolproof pork shoulder…
Alabama sidesteps compensation for Sarah Collins Rudolph, a survivor of the 1963 KKK Birmingham church bombing.
GOP leaders have created the Texas 1836 Project, which is in direct response to the New York Times' highly controversial…
Political organizers say Highlander never stopped pursuing social justice and should recover the building as a stolen part of its…
Sixty U.S. high schools began a new class that examines civil rights and the significant contributions and experiences of Black…
Althea Gibson, who broke barriers for Black athletes in the world of tennis, now has a street named in her…
A Natchez Museum of African American History has received a $1,450 grant to create a map highlighting the civil rights…
Nichols' remains are headed to a whole new world, thanks to a company that arranges memorial flights sent into outer…
Madam Walker’s great-great-granddaughter A’Lelia Bundles speaks with theGrio about building upon the icon’s legacy with Barbie
Dick Gregory, Moms Mabley and more get highlighted in these documentaries showcasing the history of Black comedy in America.
Data shows that fewer than 150 Black females fly professionally in the U.S., which represents less than 1 percent of…
In a civil rights lawsuit, a Black parent claims her daughter’s school made her participate in a cotton-picking project.