Black Power

Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Tarana Burke and Stacey Abrams

From abolitionism to women’s suffrage, Black women are the pioneers of movements

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Black militia marches through Georgia Confederate park on July 4: ‘I’m in yo’ house’

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Thomas Blanton, 1963 KKK bomber of 16th St Baptist Church in Birmingham, dies

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1968 Olympics

Protests or not, politics and Olympics are intertwined

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.

The Power Of The Fist: 50 year anniversary of Tommie Smith’s Olympic protest

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
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Black Panther Party co-founder Elbert “Big Man” Howard dies

Elbert “Big Man” Howard, a co-founder of the Black Panther Party, has died at age 80.
/ July 25, 2018
Ellis Haizlip thegrio.com

‘Mr. Soul!’: Documenting the best Black television show ever and you’ve never even heard of it

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.

Woman creates line of Black Lives Matter-inspired school supplies, everything sells out

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.

How technology and social media spawned a new civil rights movement

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.

Man caught in road rage incident apologizes for spitting on woman's vehicle

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