Meek’s children said she was “a bridge builder and healer, a unifier with a legacy defined by selfless public service.” Carrie Meek, a trailblazing politician who became Florida’s first Black woman state senator and one of the first African Americans elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from the state since the Reconstruction era, died…
Kevin Hart recently opened up about cancel culture after Dave Chappelle received backlash for seemingly transphobic jokes in his Netflix comedy special “The Closer.” “That man don’t have a hateful bone in his body. And I don’t say that because it’s hypothetical — I say that because I know him. I know his world. I…
Source: Moyo Studio / Getty UPDATED: 9:00 a.m. ET, Nov. 29, 2021 Originally published: Dec. 1, 2019 From Black Friday to Small Business Saturday, and even before, the holiday shopping season and all the deals they offer have already gotten underway for nearly a week now. And with Cyber Monday upon us, the conventional wisdom…
The role of videos in the fight for social justice has become a key component to gathering momentum across social media and applying pressure on authorities to properly investigate allegations of misconduct or white-on-Black violence occurs. The video captured by William “Roddie” Bryan in the trial of Travis and Greg McMichael and Bryan himself, played…
Will Smith joined Instagram in 2017, giving people an intimate glimpse into his humor, his fearlessness, and his love for family. Now, an Illinois actor and comedian is accusing Smith of not being as authentic as some might have thought, and that he hired people to write his Instagram “dad jokes.” Langston Kerman took to…
Dr. Dre and Xzibit‘s have reached the “healing and moving forward” part of their divorce journeys and have the shirts to prove it. The 47-year-old rapper and 56-year-old producer met up and appeared to bond over moving on from their respective failed marriages. In the photos shared by Xzibit, the former “Pimp My Ride” host…
Source: Douglas Sacha / Getty Often overlooked, odd-year elections are equally important as even-year federal election cycles. This year has been full of important local elections, but they rarely yield the same attention and coverage as Congressional elections. While pundits predict that the upcoming midterm elections will be a “blood bath,” there is still some…
Jonathan Holloway became the New Jersey school’s first Black president in its 250-year history Rutgers University inaugurated its first Black president earlier this month, the first Black president in the school’s 250-year history. Jonathan Holloway, who was announced as the school’s 21st president last year, celebrated the historic moment with faculty and students during a…
Black student athlete Tony Humphrey said he withdrew from Iona Preparatory School in New York after administrator Bernard Mahoney asked him if “running from the cops” helped improve his speed Students at Iona Preparatory School in New York state walked out of class on Tuesday in support of a Black student who transferred after a…
OPINION: TheGrio’s Senior Vice President Geraldine Moriba shares her story battling the same rare cancer that took the life of Abloh at 41. Reading the news of Virgil Abloh’s death gave me chills. According to reports, he died at age 41 after battling a rare, aggressive form of sarcoma cancer for two years. This could…
