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Explore the life and legacy of Frederick Douglass, a leader in abolition whose words and actions shaped the fight for…
The Department of Defense announced on January 31 that celebrating “identity months” is dead for the agency.
The 4th of July may be synonymous with cookouts and fireworks, but since its inception, Black Americans have marked the…
Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Md., has introduced a resolution to present the family of abolitionist Frederick Douglass with a Congressional Gold…
A bust of Frederick Douglass was the first bust of an African American to be permanently added to the Massachusetts…
Descendants and families of prominent Black civil rights leaders and historical figures convened at the White House for a historic…
The conservative media company's videos have been approved for use in Florida classrooms. But the videos are just political propaganda.
Two documentaries from acclaimed filmmakers Stanley Nelson and Nicole London are coming to PBS this October. TheGrio has an exclusive…
Co-founded by Frederick Douglass' son Charles, Highland Beach is the oldest known Black resort town in America.
Famed Harvard historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. is calling for the face of Frederick Douglass to be added to a…
Eleanor Holmes Norton and Cory Booker announced a proposed bill that Norton said may give descendants of Black Union troops…
Apple TV+ just dropped the trailer for its new four-part documentary series, Lincoln’s Dilemma, and theGrio has an exclusive first…
An oppressed Black America must always remind white America that it has nothing to celebrate on the July 4 holiday.
Black people are critical to America moving closer to living up to its promise. But it’s still f**k Fourth of…
Delaware Sen. Tom Carper, who supports the D.C. statehood initiative, says their letter makes him "more optimistic than ever."
The U.S. establishment of Liberia in West Africa is emblematic of the pervasiveness of American anti-Blackness, says theGrio's Christina M.…
A statue of Frederick Douglass was town down in Rochester, New York on Sunday. It was found 50 feet from…
The descendants of Frederick Douglass, the 19th-century abolitionist and orator, are not shying away from discussing the racist history of…
The Democratic-controlled House approved a bill to make the District of Columbia the 51st state and allowing full voting rights…
The same room where slavery was abolished in Maryland in 1864, bronze statues of Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass were…