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Donald Trump AP thegrio.com
June 13, 2020
President Donald Trump received much backlash for planning his next campaign rally on what is considered sacred ground and a…
June 10, 2020
Russell Westbrook is the latest celebrity to announce a project in the works to commemorate the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
June 1, 2020
Producer/director Dream Hampton is making a docuseries about the infamous Tulsa race massacre which killed 300 plus Blacks in Oklahoma.
Black Wall Street theGrio.com
April 13, 2020
Nearly 100 years after Black Wall Street was destroyed by white racists, the government is stepping in to restore the…
Voting in Indiana thegrio.com
January 19, 2020
“For hundreds of years, America systematically stole Black lives, Black freedom and Black labor," Bloomberg said. “Well, it’s past time…
Regina King thegrio.com
December 13, 2019
In 2019, King won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for If Beale Street Could Talk, directed her first feature film…
Tulsa race riot
October 21, 2019
Find out the real story of the Tulsa race massacre of 1921 in the premiere episode of HBO's 'Watchmen' starring…
February 23, 2017
Tulsa's city council unanimously approved an ordinance that would create a commission designed to address the needs of the Tulsa…
August 24, 2016
John Legend is teaming up with WGN America to bring the real life story of “Black Wall Street” to a television
April 16, 2015
Is the policing of black men the new sport for white officers and wannabe cops? This is a question worth
April 9, 2012
OPINION - In Tulsa, Oklahoma the historic complexities in the relationship between Native Americans and whites versus African-Americans goes all…