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Video March 11, 2024

Oscar winner Cord Jefferson discusses his journey in journalism, being a Black man in Hollywood and the opportunities that were…

Entertainment October 20, 2015

Lin-Manuel Miranda is not going to miss out on his opportunity to perform the lead role in Hamilton when the…

Entertainment January 24, 2014

theGRIO VIDEO - The action-packed, science fiction thriller 'I, Frankenstein' hits theaters this weekend.

Lifestyle January 18, 2014

NEWARK, New Jersey (AP) — A cacophony of bagpipes, African drums and jazz riffs creatively blended— much like the elements…

Lifestyle January 10, 2014

OPINION - Lost in the political obscurity of Chris Christie and 'Traffic-Gate' was the passing of one of our great…

News January 9, 2014

(AP) - Amiri Baraka, the militant man of letters and tireless agitator whose blues-based, fist-shaking poems, plays and criticism made…

News December 19, 2013

theGRIO REPORT - Alexis Wilkinson was elected as The Harvard Lampoon's first African-American and the first female president.

Entertainment July 16, 2013

theGRIO REPORT - Best known for writing and producing 'The Wire' and 'Treme', David Simon took to his personal webpage…

Opinion May 28, 2013

REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK - At 85 years old, Dr. Angelou confessed to me that she’d tried to write this book years…

Lifestyle March 22, 2013

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Nigerian author Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani was just 10 years old when she first read Chinua Achebe's…

News March 22, 2013

NEW YORK (AP) - Chinua Achebe, the internationally celebrated Nigerian author, statesman and dissident who gave literary birth to modern…

Black History Month February 5, 2013

theGRIO'S 100 - Eneli is the self-published author of 'Am I Ready for Middle School?' The book, his first writing…

News June 18, 2012

MIAMI (AP) — Writer Erica Kennedy has been found dead in her Miami Beach apartment. She was 42.

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