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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.
Co-founded by Frederick Douglass' son Charles, Highland Beach is the oldest known Black resort town in America.
The street in west St. Louis County is situated at the site of two plantations where more than 100 slaves…
The name of a city judge with ties to the KKK has officially been removed from a federal building in…
As we reach the peak of the summer heat, theGrio celebrates the legacy of the Santa Monica beach known as…
A fight is brewing over Atlanta’s historic Auburn Avenue as local conservationists seek to protect a long-forgotten piece of history.Â
Canada celebrated its first Emancipation Day in August 2021, nearly 200 years after slavery ended and freed thousands of people.
Two iconic African American publications have transferred sole ownership of their vast archive which document 20th-century Black life.