One of the last surviving original Tuskegee airmen has died, leaving a legacy of courage and civil rights activism behind for generations to admire. The highly decorated 95-year-old wore his Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star, WWII Victory Medal and many other honors with pride and integrity, defining for a nation what a true “hero” should…
Football has been the headliner among HBCU sports due in large part to the influence and social media brilliance of Deion Sanders, but Black college hoops culture refuses to be left behind when it comes to the amount of events highlighting its talent and affiliated star power. Chris Paul #3 of the Phoenix Suns warms up before the…
Musician Pharrell Williams responded to a fan who had a negative opinion of the singer’s 2013 song “Happy” on social media. The fan said they were “annoyed” by the song on Twitter, which prompted a surprising response from the “Freedom” singer on June 1. A Twitter user with the handle @javroar wrote, “No song annoyed…
Mayoral candidate Rep. Karen Bass cheers at supporters from a double-decker bus after making a stop in Boyle Heights while touring the city on June 5, 2022, in Los Angeles. | Source: Gina Ferazzi / Getty California Rep. Karen Bass and billionaire developer Rick Caruso are running neck and neck in Los Angeles’ first mayoral…
Travell Hill, the man accused in the death of Andre Montgomery Jr., a reality television star of “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s,” pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday, June 3. Hill, one of four defendants, was convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire and another count of murder-for-hire in the March 2016 killing. According…
OPINION: Scientists have finally isolated the genetic mutation responsible for the ‘mental health problem’ unique to American society. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio Today, more than 300 Americans will catch an infectious disease whose survival rate (42 percent) is…
A Florida man has been arrested after allegedly threatening to burn down his neighbor’s Daytona house. After the family shared a video recordings of the man using racial epithets toward the African-Americans inside of the home, the charges were elevated to a possible hate crime. Gary Dragon (WESH 2 Screenshot) On Tuesday, May 31, police…
The actress/singer/dancer won the Generation Award at the annual ceremony. During her acceptance speech after receiving the Generation Award at the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards on Sunday, Jennifer Lopez thanked a lot of people, including all of those “who lied to me.” The superstar multi-hyphenate was honored with the annual award that…
Folks were stunned over the news that Michael B. Jordan and Lori Harvey called it quits after dating for one year and a half. Reports of their breakup hit the internet over the weekend and while neither one of them have spoken out about it, a source that claim to be close to both parties…
TheGrio chatted with U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Biden senior advisor Gene Sperling about the latest job report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The national unemployment rate in May held steady at 3.6 percent for two straight months, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced last Friday. However, the unemployment rate for…
