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April 13, 2021
The Virginia branch of the NAACP is taking action against police brutality. It is asking the state's governor to end…
March 27, 2021
Bridgerton star Regé-Jean Page nabbed his first NAACP Image Award on Saturday for his breakout role in the hit Netflix…
March 19, 2021
"A league where nearly 70 percent of the players are Black," Derrick Johnson wrote, "should not be complicit" in boosting…
Raymond Deskins www.theGrio.com
March 11, 2021
Raymond Deskins will pay a donation of $3,000 to the local NAACP chapter after the two defendants suggested the idea.
March 11, 2021
Eddie Murphy will be inducted into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame this month, the NAACP announced Thursday.
March 6, 2021
After three Black women recently stepped down from leadership roles in Vermont, Mia Schultz says she has no choice but…
March 2, 2021
"The last thing he'd ever do is betray a friendship," President Clinton said of Jordan back in '96. "It's good…
February 22, 2021
A member of the Proud Boys has been ringing Rep. Bennie Thompson’s phone since he filed a lawsuit against the…
February 19, 2021
Activists in Georgia have slammed a voting bill introduced by Republicans who seek to restrict mail-in and early voting.
February 18, 2021
OPINION: Use of the antiquated Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 reminds America that we have been down this divisive…
Rep. Jim Clyburn thegrio.com
February 12, 2021
Rep. Jim Clyburn told CNN's Don Lemon that he hopes to make "Lift Every Voice and Sing" the U.S. national…
February 11, 2021
"As a person, you have to just continue to be who you are," said the woman who calls herself transracial.…
Rep. Al Green thegrio.com
February 10, 2021
Rep. Al Green and the NAACP held a press conference and demanded that Houston's 'Negrohead Lake' be renamed after Henry…
President Joe Biden
January 26, 2021
On Tuesday afternoon, President Joe Biden will issue executive actions to begin correcting the nation's racial inequality.
Beyoncé British Vogue cover interview thegrio.com
January 7, 2021
The Beygood Foundation announces that applications are open for pandemic housing grants, as Beyoncé partners with the NAACP.
Trump thegrio.com
January 4, 2021
EXCLUSIVE: Chairman Leon Russell says Trump's attack on mostly Black counties is obvious and believes state laws have been violated.
Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Autin, theGrio.com
December 21, 2020
As President-elect Gen. Lloyd Austin faces a challenge to be confirmed, the NAACP and other Black organizations are throwing their…
December 2, 2020
"We aren't asking for some kind of veto," says National Urban League head Marc Morial. "We are asking for some…
Sean Rector Survivor CBS Thegrio.com
November 10, 2020
Sean Rector of 'Survivor' and other Black contestants spearheaded a diversity initiative which made CBS which commit to more diversity.
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy thegrio.com
November 4, 2020
A federal judge has ruled that Postmaster General Louis DeJoy may have to testify over the seeming failures of the…