July 4th

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July 5, 2022
We celebrate white Juneteenth with a long-overdue response to the (fake) Willie Lynch Letter, explaining the invention of whiteness.
July 3, 2022
While fireworks are a an essential Independence Day celebration tool, they were first developed in China millennia ago.
July 1, 2022
Airlines face their biggest test yet of whether they can handle crowds when July 4th travelers mob America’s airports this…
Fireworks display, theGrio.com
June 27, 2022
The skies over a scattering of Western cities will stay dark for the third consecutive Fourth of July — for…
July 6, 2021
Prior to singing, Williams — who became our nation's first Black Miss America in 1984 — said she was "filled…
Frederick Douglass thegrio.com
July 4, 2021
An oppressed Black America must always remind white America that it has nothing to celebrate on the July 4 holiday.
July 3, 2020
OPINION: Kamaria Fayola writes that instead of sharing fireworks on July 4th, America should be paying back its initial investors.
July 2, 2020
Autumn A. Arnett says that instead of celebrating Independence Day, Black people should celebrate Tuskeegee University, which was also founded…
Republican agenda thegrio.com
July 12, 2019
Jeff and Audra Johnson had a MAGA-themed wedding that included a custom dress, big guns, and an anti-abortion heartbeat bill…
July 5, 2017
On the Fourth of July, Damon Wayans Jr. took to Twitter to say, “Happy white people proud of their racist…
July 4, 2017
On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass uttered the only real speech you need to hear concerning the Fourth of July.
July 6, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - Usher, the headlining act at this years Essence Festival, chose to make quite the statement during his…
July 6, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - A volunteer firefighter in Minnesota says he has been suspended after flying the Confederate flag during a…
July 4, 2014
OPINION - On this Independence Day—as we celebrate the struggles that were fought and the sacrifices that were made in…
July 5, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is noting that it's not just the nation's birthday, it's his daughter Malia's, too...
July 4, 2013
OPINION - Although it’s important to celebrate our nation’s birthday, it’s equally important to put it into proper context from…
July 4, 2013
ESSAY - Every Independence Day I think of the other young black boys, who never had a real chance to…
July 12, 2012
Azealia Banks, the new hip hop artist of 2012 has released her mix tape for download...
July 6, 2012
OPINION - Chris Rock’s recent 'Independence Day' tweet -- especially the reactionary responses to it -- reminds us once again…
July 5, 2012
SLIDESHOW - What might July 4 look like if Twitter had existed back to the early days of the Republic?