Toni Morrison’s ‘Recitatif‘ to hit store shelves Feb. 1 To much of the world the late Toni Morrison was a novelist, celebrated for such classics as Beloved, Song of Solomon and The Bluest Eye. But the Nobel laureate did not confine herself to one kind of writing. Morrison also completed plays, poems, essays, and short…
Bahamian-American actor and civil rights activist Sidney Poitier supported the Poor People’s Campaign at Resurrection City, a shantytown set up by protestors in Washington, D.C., May 1968. | Source: Chester Sheard / Getty In the summer of 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. introduced the keynote speaker for the 10th-anniversary convention banquet of the Southern Christian…
Guinier’s nomination by President Clinton to head the Justice Department’s civil rights division was pulled after conservatives criticized her views on correcting racial discrimination Lani Guinier, a civil rights lawyer and scholar whose nomination by President Bill Clinton to head the Justice Department’s civil rights division was pulled after conservatives criticized her views on correcting…
Gucci Mane caused a social media uproar on Thursday, Jan. 6, after surprising his wife, Keyshia Ka’oir, with a lavish gift in honor of her 37th birthday. In the Instagram post, Ka’oir, who shared images and clips from the birthday celebration, uploaded a video of herself opening a wrapped gift from Gucci. While removing the…
Boosters given over the past few months will protect those vaccinated through this winter, but their effectiveness could dip by Fall 2022. At a healthcare conference hosted by Goldman Sachs, the CEO of Moderna said front-line workers and people 50 and older may need a fourth dose of the coronavirus vaccine later this year. Booster…
The Real Housewives crash ‘Project Runway’ and OWN premieres their new series, ‘Ladies Who List: Atlanta’ With a RHOSLC reunion around the corner, a brand new reality series on OWN, and more, theGrio is back with your Reality Roundup of the week. Goodbye to Mary Cosby? That’s right, after a much-talked about second season, The…
The actress shared her version of a conflict on the set of her hit ABC show when Washington directed his only episode of television Denzel Washington has no recollection of sparring with Ellen Pompeo on the set of Grey’s Anatomy. In a September episode of her podcast, the actress revealed an incident on the set…
Kanye West, aka Ye, is scheduled to headline at the 2022 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California. The annual music festival is set to take place at the Empire Polo Club grounds in the desert. The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is already sold out for this year and is scheduled…
Drakeo’s mom says she’s planning a memorial that will be full of “dignity, style and grace.” The family of slain rapper Drakeo the Ruler wants access to money from his estate to cover the costs of his funeral. Drakeo’s funeral so far is clocking in under $52,000, TMZ reports, His mother, Darrylene Corniel, says her…
Garrett speaks with theGrio about playing an ex-buffalo soldier and Pinkerton agent in the Paramount+ western series. The image of the American cowboy has been dominated by white faces over centuries of history books, films, and television shows from The Lone Ranger and Dances With Wolves to Lonesome Dove and True Grit. However, the history…
