Boseman was the Howard University student assigned to escort Bassett around campus the day she was commencement speaker. During a recent appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show, actress Angela Bassett recalled first meeting Chadwick Boseman on the campus of Howard University in 2000. Boseman — who graduated from the acclaimed HBCU that same year —…
A Black grandmother with two jobs can add her name to Hazelwood, Missouri, history books now that she’s become the first African-American elected to that St. Louis suburb’s City Council. The woman won with almost 80 percent of the votes for her seat. Lisa M. Matlock (City Council) According to St. Louis Today, on Tuesday,…
OPINION: Rising star Sofia Bryant headlines the film about one woman’s response to COVID that will have audiences laughing and crying as they recall the fear and anxiety we felt in those first days of quarantine. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. The…
Buck was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for injecting two men with lethal doses of methamphetamine as part of a fetish Ed Buck told his neighbors that the steady stream of young Black men leaving his West Hollywood apartment were social work clients. What really happened behind closed doors, which he referred to…
Joseph has reportedly admitted to being at the scene yet denied being involved in the drive-by shooting of Cameron Ray. Kelvin Joseph, a cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys, is reportedly a person of interest in a murder, according to The Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Cameron Ray, 20, was killed in a Dallas drive-by shooting after a…
Source: Anadolu Agency / Getty Protests kicked off in Grands Rapids, Michigan, after the Grand Rapids Police Department released a video of an officer shooting a 26-year-old unarmed Black man in the head–the officer has not been charged. The city of Grand Rapids held a press conference Wednesday to release about 20 minutes of footage…
Almost a week after Meagan Good and DeVon Franklin reportedly settled their divorce, the actress appeared to have one thing on her mind, an outfit to wear to Coachella. Coachella is an annual music and arts festival that takes place at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. This year’s event, which will include musical…
This project reunites Kelley and the director, who worked together previously on “Star” and the 2013 film “Lee Daniels’ The Butler.” Hulu is producing an eight-part series about legendary crooner Sammy Davis Jr., and Elijah Kelley is set to star in the lead. Probably best known for his portrayal of Ricky Bell in the 2017…
Source: SOPA Images / Getty Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is on a mission. It’s a congressional redistricting mission—which is to say, it’s a mission to de-Blackify a congressional district in the state of Florida. On Tuesday, the governor who hates critical race theory but keeps proving it necessary confirmed his plan to make a change…
OPINION: After viewing the video of the officer-involved shooting of Patrick Lyoya, we responded to the people who suggest he should have complied by asking: What does it take for a Black person to survive an encounter with a police officer? On Wednesday, authorities released footage of a confrontation that ended with an expected conclusion–a…
