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President Biden awarded the Medal of Freedom to Black luminaries, Denzel Washington, Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Fannie Lou Hamer.
The testimony of Hamer to the DNC credentials committee in Atlantic City, New Jersey 60 years ago was vivid and…
Jacqueline ‘Cookie’ Hamer Flakes, the last living child of Pap and Fannie Lou Hamer, has passed away
Author Jacqueline Hamer Flakes, the daughter of late civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer, has passed away at age 56.
The actor-producer posted a fan-made mashup of a scene from "Power" and one from 2009's "Precious," for which Mo’Nique won…
From the civil rights movement to electrical engineering, these Black pioneers should be recognized in American history.
Fresh off her Oscar nomination for her performance in King Richard, Aunjanue Ellis is set to join a virtual Fannie…
April D. Ryan shares with theGrio the inspiration behind her new book ‘Black Women Will Save The World’ that will…
‘Belly of the Beast’ is a PBS documentary that follows the journey of Kelli Dillon who was involuntarily sterilized.
In an exclusive interview with theGrio, Fannie Lou Hamer's daughter celebrates her mother on the 42nd anniversary of the civil…
ESSAY - As Women's History Month progresses on theGrio, we invite you to participate as we fortify ourselves with the…
OPINION - We’ve seen how people, organizations and events have shaped who we are as African-American women...
theGRIO REPORT - Hamer, who would have been 95 on Oct. 6, is remembered the world over as a woman…
More than 40 years since she was placed on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list, Angela Davis' image still causes…
SLIDESHOW - Why has there never been a big screen version of Harriet Tubman's story? Wouldn't a film about Marcus…
SLIDESHOW - 'The Iron Lady' has nothing on these brave black women. While Meryl Streep is making headlines for her…
OPINION - A long list of 'unsung' black heroines marched, sat, rode, bled and died in the struggle for equality…
SLIDESHOW - With the upcoming celebration of Independence Day, there are activists who paved the way for our independence as…