NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 19: Jacqueline Woodson attends 2014 National Book Awards on November 19, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Robin Marchant/Getty Images)/September 1964: American clergyman and civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King (1929 – 1968). (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) In an interview with theGrio, award-winning writer and author Jacqueline Woodson opens…
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 02: U.S. President Joe Biden presents Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) with the Presidential Citizens Medal during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on January 02, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The decision by President Joe Biden comes after Donald Trump warned of an enemies…
A leaked report commissioned by the Newark school board to look into anti-Black racism at its magnet high school focused on global business and diplomacy reveals that Black students and teachers have endured racial epithets and acts of bigotry since 2020 from the school’s predominantly Latino students, with inconsistent and ineffective responses from the school’s…
President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence visit the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on January 21, 2019, in Washington, D.C | Source: Pete Marovich / Getty As the nation prepares for the inauguration of Donald J. Trump on January 20, 2025—a day that coincides with our observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day—we…
Snoop Dogg‘s legacy may have just gone up in smoke. The rapper recently performed at Donald Trump‘s Crypto Ball on Friday, Jan. 17, ahead of Trump’s second inauguration, which is set for Jan. 20. The event, hosted by Trump’s affiliate, former PayPal COO David Sacks, in Washington, D.C., featured performances from the West Coast native…
At 57, Toni Braxton proves age is just a number, stunning on magazine covers and rivaling top models. For the cover of Narcisse, the singer debuted a sizzling new hair color that has fans in a frenzy over her bold transformation. On Jan. 15, Braxton appeared wearing a red-hot fiery corset top and matching leather…
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 19: President-Elect Donald Trump speaks at his victory rally at the Capital One Arena on January 19, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump will be sworn in as the 47th U.S. president on January 20. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) The president-elect falsely claimed a 2023 Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action…
A shocking and embarrassing moment on the pitch competition show “Shark Tank” in 2015 turned into a multi-million-dollar success story. When Kevin O’Leary called two Black women entrepreneurs “colorful cockroaches” during their pitch, no one could have predicted how thoroughly they would prove him wrong. Melissa Butler and Rosco Spears had come to the show…
Naughty By Nature’s Treach has seemingly placed full blame on his ex-wife Sandra “Pepa” Denton for the demise of their marriage. The two rappers dated on and off for nearly a decade before tying the knot in 1999 at a tattoo shop in Kansas City. Over the years, they have each made a variety of…
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking before crowd of 25,000 Selma To Montgomery, Alabama civil rights marchers, in front of Montgomery, Alabama state capital building. (Photo by Stephen F. Somerstein/Getty Images) OPINION: Donna Brazile, who worked with Corette Scott King to make MLK Day a federal holiday, makes sense of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s…
