Actor Samuel L. Jackson, a man known for saying an expletive or two, has weighed in on the Joe Rogan controversy. Recently, the white shock jock’s name was plastered across national headlines after clips of him saying the N-word were leaked on social media. The compiled excerpts from various episodes of his podcast where he…
Forty-five years ago, big-name Black actors like John Amos, Louis Gossett Jr., Cicely Tyson, Ben Vereen, Leslie Uggams, Maya Angelou, Ernest Lee Thomas, Richard Roundtree, Lawrence Hilton Jacobs and LeVar Burton all starred in the revolutionary ABC mini-series “Roots.” The predominantly Black cast participated in an eight consecutive-nights television viewing event that brought in over…
The recently taped “Martin” reunion special, hosted by Affion Crockett, is slated to air on BET+ this year. The cast of the hit ’90s TV show Martin recently taped a special to celebrate the Fox comedy’s 30th anniversary. According to Deadline, the reunion show, hosted by Affion Crockett, is slated to air on BET+ later this…
An Illinois high school freshman in suburban Chicago claims that police offered him food from a fast-food restaurant in exchange for a confession to a crime he did not do. Despite being wrongfully incarcerated for two nights in a jail cell, the boy’s social media and basketball schedule were used as evidence that he did…
Tyler Perry’s new film “A Madea Homecoming” just dropped, and he surprised fans during the credits with a Beyoncé-inspired performance of “Machella.” But of course Perry had to take the skit to new levels by creating an entire re-enactment of Ms. Knowles-Carter’s 2018 Coachella performance done fully costumed as the character that is at the…
Source: WOJTEK RADWANSKI / Getty As the world stands in solidarity with Ukraine and its people, the growing refugee crisis spotlight racial bias and inequality in who is and isn’t allowed to cross international borders. Several accounts surfaced online over the weekend of African students and students from the Middle East and India being denied…
Sura Sohna, 23, and Brandon Harris, 22, have been lifelong friends. They first met in the fourth grade in Annapolis, Maryland, about 30 miles south of Baltimore. The two had a close friendship akin to brothers, but as they aged their lives began to drift apart. “Around my middle school age, I started to act…
Snoop Dogg’s music streaming numbers may have increased following his 2022 Pepsi Superbowl Halftime show performance, but now, so has his legal troubles. Just days after being accused of a sexual assault from an alleged former employee, an Uber Eats driver is now suing the rapper, claiming Snoop aired out sensitive information regarding the driver’s…
EXCLUSIVE: “The role of Black Americans and trade in the economic beginnings of our country, it’s incredibly powerful,” U.S. Trade Representative Tai told theGrio. Katherine Tai, the United States Trade Representative for the Biden-Harris Administration, told theGrio in an exclusive interview she wants to be “a lot more intentional about how [the United States is]…
Nearly 70 years ago, John S. Chase became the first Black person in the state of Texas to become a licensed architect. Inspired by his late father’s legacy, his son—entrepreneur and educator Tony Chase—has set out to empower the next generation of innovators in the architecture space. According to the Houston Chronicle, Chase, and his…
