Source: Wiki Commons / Wiki Many of our stories of Black Excellence are buried beneath the sands of time, never to truly be uncovered. But history leaves breadcrumbs, and if you follow them, you’re bound to find an amazing story. MORE: There’s A Black Village Under Central Park That Was Founded By Alexander Hamilton’s Secret…
EXCLUSIVE: “It’s time for Black Americans to get our check,” said the daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his now famous “I Have a Dream” speech to a throng of people surrounding the Reflecting Pool at the Lincoln Memorial waiting to hear the prescription to heal…
A fund that was designated to help historic places of worship receives a big gift A new effort to preserve historic Black churches in the United States has received a $20 million donation that will go to help congregations including one that was slammed during the tornado that killed more than 20 people in Mayfield,…
EXCLUSIVE: Efforts to recognize the civil rights activist began just days after his assassination in Memphis — but it didn’t come without some resistance. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stands as the most towering figure of the civil rights movement, so it’s no wonder why the famed minister’s birth is celebrated each year as a…
A Virginia teenage girl is facing charges after allegedly setting her classmate’s hair on fire. The 13-year-old victim is currently a burn victim at a local hospital and his mother says he “mentally is broken.” WWBT reported that the altercation happened on Wednesday, Jan. 12, at Richmond’s John Rolfe Middle School during class. It is alleged the…
Chris Brown’s daughter got a No. 1 fan, and she just so happens to share his last name. On Friday, his mother, Joyce Hawkins, uploaded a video of her eldest granddaughter and Brown’s daughter, Royalty, excitedly watching him perform on television. The 7-year-old can be seen standing in a living room holding her phone up…
EXCLUSIVE: Similar to Dr. King, Richmond occupies a unique space as a Black man advising a sitting U.S. president on policy impacting Black and minority Americans. He tells theGrio he doesn’t take that responsibility lightly. Cedric Richmond, senior advisor to President Joe Biden and director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, shares a few…
Dr. Martin Luther King being shoved back by Mississippi patrolmen during the 220-mile ‘March Against Fear’ from Memphis, Tennessee to Jackson, Mississippi, on June 8, 1966. | Source: Underwood Archives / Getty On Apr. 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, while assisting striking sanitation workers. Back then, over a…
Outside the opening session of the 1960 Republican National Convention, an orderly crowd of demonstrators (including Martin Luther King, Jr., being interviewed at left) urges the party to adopt a strong civil rights platform. | Source: Bettmann / Getty UPDATED: 5:50 a.m., Jan. 17, 2022: As the saying goes, sometimes a picture is worth a…
Back view of American civil rights leader and Baptist minister Martin Luther King, Jr., dressed in black robes and holding out his hands towards the thousands of people who have gathered to hear him speak near the Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C. during the Prayer Pilgrimage on May 17, 1957. | Source: Hulton Archive /…
