“I feel I won this gold medal for the black people in the USA, and all black people all over the world.” The 1968 protest photo of Olympic track stars Tommie Smith and John Carlos is so widely cited it is practically seared in our public consciousness. Many of us can easily visualize the black and white picture from…
Tracee Ellis Ross’ fashion faux pas on May 17 had fans dying of laughter following the “black-ish” actress’s revelation on her Instagram page that the latest look sported for her Marie Claire cover shoot came with some behind-the-scenes struggles. In the clip, an out-of-breath Ross — with the help of the shoot’s stylist Shiona Turini —…
“I know the truth, and it’s not what they say.” Relatives of Mikayla Miller have rejected the state medical examiner’s ruling that the Massachusetts teenager died by suicide. As theGrio reported, Miller, 16, was found dead by a jogger on April 18 in a wooded area near her residence in Hopkinton. The teenager was reportedly…
Hill is just the latest to find herself on the wrong side of the much maligned former NBA player Kwame Brown is mad as hell and he’s not taking it anymore. The former Washington Wizard and Los Angeles Laker player is tired of being the butt of jokes and he’s let quite a few people…
D.C. receives about 90 calls a day in regards to mental health The Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia is making big changes to their department this summer. The United States Capitol is the latest place to make changes to its police department, but they are not calling it police reform. Starting in…
Charles Barkley is in the mood to give back. On Tuesday, May 18, the “Round Mound of Rebound” donated a generous amount of money and school supplies once again to his alma mater, Leeds High School, in Alabama. The announcement of the gift was made on the Leeds City Schools Facebook page, and it revealed…
The two sent love to each other under an emotional post from Adrienne Houghton Years after the dramatic fallout from the series, Tamar Braxton and Tamera Mowry share a sweet moment on social media. As theGrio has extensively reported, The Real has had its fair share of drama since it first aired. Tamar Braxton, one…
A Texas elementary school teacher was recognized by her workplace for the kindness, hard work, and perseverance that she’s shown throughout the years, from her starting position as a custodian through her current position as a first-grade educator. Wanda Smith of Brenham Elementary School in east-central Texas was honored during Teacher Appreciation Week, which took place…
“No. I wouldn’t work with him,” said Jones when asked if he would work with Presley. At this point, Quincy Jones is known for telling it like it is. During a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the 88-year-old living musical legend sat down and dished on all things music. He also offered up his thoughts…
“He was struggling and being tortured. They didn’t do anything, they just kept cutting his nails,” says Ross about the PetSmart employees For the last 12 years, AJ Ross had a constant companion in her toy poodle, Kobe. Their worlds collided when she got her start as a television news reporter in South Carolina in…
