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November 21, 2021
Bank of America granted an additional $500,000 grant to the International African American Museum, matching a previous contribution in 2018.
November 20, 2021
Rhode Island was incorporated as The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations when it declared statehood in 1790.
Colin Kaepernick stars in Netflix's Colin in Black and White.
November 4, 2021
Colin Kaepernick is far from the first person to make the analogy, but the league is obviously 180 degrees away…
October 28, 2021
OPINION: Removing a Thomas Jefferson statue is just a performative action to circumvent having informed discussions on race in America.
October 13, 2021
Maxine Waters is leading efforts to get reparations for Black descendants of the enslaved on Native American reservations, starting in…
Classroom thegrio.com
October 11, 2021
An educator at a North Carolina charter school has resigned from her position after she sparked outrage for telling her…
October 2, 2021
The expanded Legacy Museum opened Friday and takes visitors on a journey from the slave trade to modern criminal justice…
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September 5, 2021
On Candace Owens' show, Larry Elder argued in favor of reparations for slave owners whose legal 'property' was taken after…
September 4, 2021
A judge temporarily blocked the sale of property atop an African-American burial ground containing enslaved and formerly enslaved ancestors.
Daniel Rope Ties thegrio.com
September 2, 2021
South African designer Daniel Ngobeni made headlines after releasing a line of neckties that resemble nooses.
August 30, 2021
A public marker to remember the enslaved Africans was formally dedicated Sunday on Boston’s downtown waterfront.
August 17, 2021
[jwp-video n=”2″] The great contradiction of Boston’s Old North Church is that a site pivotal to the freedom of the
August 9, 2021
Sen. Braun was given a brief history lesson after tweeting the Founding Fathers "never intended the federal government to grow…
Shirtless Black couple with backs turned to each other, theGrio.com
August 1, 2021
Slavery and racism historically prevented and disrupted Black marital unions and continues to plague the community and Black relationships.
July 4, 2021
The event for the book “Forget the Alamo” was scheduled for Thursday at the Bullock Texas State History Museum when…
American flag Black Lives Matter, theGrio.com
July 3, 2021
Black people are critical to America moving closer to living up to its promise. But it’s still f**k Fourth of…
June 26, 2021
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson made remarks about the liberal agenda while on stage at a state Republican convention at a…
Sterling K. Brown thegrio.com
June 23, 2021
During a recent conversation with theGrio for the Juneteenth Live! special, Sterling K. Brown shared how he celebrates his cultural…
June 19, 2021
Officials were placing the first of two planned slavery markers in town at the Linden Place Museum, a mansion built…
June 19, 2021
Detroit-based artist Rachelle Baker is behind the Google Doodle that was inspired by the Juneteenth holiday.