Black Power

1968 Olympics
More than a half-century later, Tommie Smith and John Carlos are cemented into Olympic lore — their names enshrined in the Olympic Hall of Fame.
/ January 21, 2020
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
Tommie Smith and Juan Carlos holding their black fists in the air at the 1968 Summer Olympics were a direct and heavy-handed smack in the face of white supremacy and Jim Crow-era policies.
/ October 16, 2018
Elbert Howard thegrio.com AP
Elbert “Big Man” Howard, a co-founder of the Black Panther Party, has died at age 80.
/ July 25, 2018
Ellis Haizlip thegrio.com
It’s impossible to walk out of the film Mr. Soul! without feeling a deeper love and appreciation for the genius and creativity of Black culture.
/ May 4, 2018
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
If Black Lives Matter had an official line of school supplies, they’d probably look like something like this: According to
/ August 5, 2016
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
The revolution will not only be televised but apparently it will also be uploaded, downloaded, streamed, posted and tweeted as
/ May 4, 2015
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
theGRIO REPORT – After video of his road rage went viral, and after speaking with local police, a Texas man has come forward to apologize…
/ February 17, 2015