“I think this partnership is something that can be beneficial to a great number of students and families,” said Hampton President Dr. William R. Harvey. Hampton University will extend a humanitarian offer of support to between 50 and 100 students fleeing Ukraine amid its battle against the Russian invasion, Hampton President Dr. William R. Harvey…

A pioneering collective of resilient Black women who broke racial and gender barriers within the United States military are finally receiving their flowers. According to CNN, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion—the U.S. Army’s only all-Black women unit to serve during WWII—will be bestowed with a Congressional Gold Medal. An all-Black Women’s Army Corps unit…

Since the dawning of musical history, gospel singers have received pushback for being too secular in their art and in their lives. For early acts like Sam Cooke and The Soul Stirrers, Mahalia Jackson, The Staple Singers, André Crouch, The Clark Sisters and Walter Hawkins and his choir to Kirk Franklin, Hezekiah Walker, Fred Hammond…

Source: AP / Youtube There was a time when school fights weren’t such an eventful thing. Students would scrap, the fight got broken up and suspensions and detentions were meted out to the kids involved. Nowadays—and especially when the students are Black—a simple fight can get a student bodyslammed by a cop or otherwise handled…

Mike Braun’s original statements were denounced by Indiana’s Democrats, who called them “beneath any respectable person wishing to hold public office.” Republican Indiana Senator Mike Braun has strong feelings about states’ rights. In a call with reporters following Day Two of the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Braun argued that issues…

Officer Cassandra Dollard ordered Robert Junior Langley to stay in the car then fired one shot at close range from a ditch where she’d fallen. A small town police officer in South Carolina charged in the fatal on-duty shooting of a man after a five-minute car chase repeatedly told investigators and her boss the man had something…

Jamaicans have countered a visit by the royal family with demands for an apology and reparations for slavery. Dozens of Jamaicans took to the streets of Kingston on March 22 as Prince William and Kate prepared to tour the island nation. It was part of a larger tour of the Caribbean. It is also a…

EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Congresswomen Sheila Jackson Lee and Stacey Plaskett exclusively speak with theGrio after Day 2 of the Senate confirmation hearings Democrats condemned GOP members of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Republican National Committee (RNC) following Tuesday’s contentious Supreme Court confirmation hearing that saw Republicans challenge nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on critical race…

Ciara is the latest celebrity vocalist to join the astonishing cast of “The Color Purple” musical remake. Entertainment Weekly reports that Ciara will portray the adult version of Nettie in the movie musical produced by Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey, the latter of which starred in the 1985 film. Halle Bailey of Chloe x Halle…

The song is an Amazon Music original that finds Allen singing through his own personal experiences of “going against the grain of the country boy models.” Ahead of For Love & Country, Amazon Music has dropped “All Tractors Ain’t Green” by Jimmie Allen, an original song that is part of the upcoming documentary highlighting Black…