The Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, which fought for the right of people convicted of most felonies to vote, will lead effort. A group that led the charge to restore voting rights to most people convicted of felonies in Florida is poised to take on a new challenge: Gun violence. The city of Orlando has contracted…
Mo’Nique’s sister Millicent Imes has a message for her younger sibling following her weeks’-long feud with comedian D.L. Hughley. Several days ago, Imes took to her social media page, where she called the Academy Award-winning actress out on her online behavior and advised her younger sibling to redirect some of her anger. “Enough is Enough!!…
Combs will join BET lifetime achievement award winners like Prince, Whitney Houston, Queen Latifah and New Edition. BET announced that Sean “Diddy” Combs will receive its Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2022 BET Awards. The awards ceremony will be broadcast live on June 26. The prestigious award is given to “industry giants who have not…
The federal holiday that recognizes the date (June 19) in 1865 that Union Army General Gordon Granger informed enslaved people in Texas that they were free. Georgetown University’s Jesuit founders sold nearly 300 enslaved people to Louisiana sugarcane planters in 1838 to pay off the university’s debts. A former Episcopal church is now home to…
Source: Kamil Krzaczynski / Getty Over the weekend, 31 alleged white supremacists came from at least 11 different states to gather in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, to commit what appears to be one stupid attempt at violently disrupting people who were minding their own business at a peaceful event. Y’all have heard of the Patriot Front,…
Tami Roman clapped back at fans on Instagram who said they were concerned about her dramatic weight loss recently. The Shade Room captured Roman’s Instagram Story post on June 9. “The Ms. Pat Show” star shared a picture of herself rocking a black HARRY HALIM Paris dress with a high slit paired with black ankle…
OPINION: It’s time to explore ways to truly transform the industry up and down the line—from the executives who run record labels to the writers and producers who create country music. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Last week, the Country Music Association…
A Rhode Island teenager has been awarded a $25,000 scholarship for her proposal about how to spend $1 million to help the nation’s smallest state’s Black and brown communities close the racial wealth, employment and education gaps. Mariam Kaba, 16, is the daughter of West African immigrants and the first-ever winner of the Transform Rhode…
Kelly Rowland and “black-ish” star Marsai Martin put their acting abilities to the test after participating in a TikTok trend known as the Juicy Fruit dance challenge. The viral trend showcases individuals play fighting to the instrumental beat of Mtume’s 1983 song “Juicy Fruit.” Kelly Rowland and Marsai Martin participate in the Juicy Fruit dance…
“Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers’ Project, 1936-1938” contains more than 2,000 first-person accounts and 500 photographs. More than 2,000 first-person accounts of slavery in America have been digitized and compiled for a collection that is now available online on the Library of Congress website. “Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the…
