The Lt. Richard Collins III Plaza boasts two walls; one features an engraved plaque dedicated to Collins and the second wall displays a unity mural created by UMD and Bowie State students. Army 2nd Lieutenant Richard Collins III was fatally stabbed by a white man at the University of Maryland College Park in 2017. On…
OPINION: The Alabama football head coach is feeling salty about players making money on name, image and likeness (NIL) deals, which signal a clear and present threat to the old worldview Saban represents. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Nick Saban knows the…
The two music documentaries will air back-to-back on Memorial Day. Two A&E docuseries about Bobby Brown and hip hop are set to have back-to-back airings on Memorial Day. The network revealed first look clips of Bobby Brown: Biography, and Origins of Hip-Hop at a New York screening and panel discussion on Tuesday at The New…
The Bills, the Sabres and the Buffalo Bandits lacrosse team took pictures and handed out meals in the community most impacted Buffalo resident Jamie Lash was giddy as Buffalo Bills player Josh Thomas draped his arm around her shoulder and smiled for a picture Wednesday. It was a rare moment of lightness in a week…
The Oscar, Tony, and Emmy-winning actress sat down with Variety for a conversation at the Cannes Film Festival In a powerful and illuminating recent interview with Variety, Viola Davis opened up about her journey throughout Hollywood as a dark-skinned Black actress, revealing stories about her career, including one when a director called her by his…
Eddie Murphy quickly became a trending topic on Twitter during the wee hours of Thursday, May 19. The legendary actor and comedian is currently preparing to reprise his role as Axel Foley in “Beverly Hills Cop 4,” but fans took the opportunity to revisit some of their favorite Eddie Murphy movies, scenes and comedic skits….
‘The Book of Clarence’ take place in the biblical era, making space for Black characters in an often-white film genre LaKeith Stanfield and director Jeymes Samuel are reuniting for a brand new film. The Book of Clarence is Samuel’s follow-up to the hit Netflix film The Harder They Fall. As theGrio previously reported, The Harder…
Sanders has denied rumors that Barstool Sports ponied up $1M to secure an athlete at Jackson State. Deion Sanders has fired back at Alabama coach Nick Saban after he claimed Jackson State paid a top recruit $1 million dollars to sign a National Letter of Intent. “Jackson State paid a guy a million dollars last…
Thermo Fischer reportedly made over $30 billion in revenue in 2020. Biotechnology company Thermo Fisher Scientific has requested that the lawsuit brought by the family of Henrietta Lacks, a woman whose cells have been used for research for decades, be dismissed, according to CBS-affliliated WJZ. The original lawsuit filed against Thermo Fisher was submitted in…
Albany High School student-athletes were booted from practice for wearing sports bras instead of shirts, which led to immediate activism. The girls’ track and field team at Albany High School in upstate New York received a suspension after they launched a petition calling out gender dress code bias. Several members of the Falcons were asked…
