Actor Jesse Williams has been a fierce advocate for social justice and equity and the Chicago native is putting the focus on ensuring that higher education is accessible. Williams has teamed up with the platform Scholly to create a scholarship initiative for students in need. “Partnering with Scholly was a natural kind of progression going…
The base will also rename its Stonewall Jackson Drive. A street inside New York City’s sole army base now bears the name of a Black Congressional Medal of Honor recipient rather than a Confederate general. Fort Hamilton changed the road’s name to John Warren Avenue on Friday morning, following a years-old push by local officials…
Brooklyn-bred mogul Jay-Z has continually used his platform to amplify the importance of financial literacy and building generational wealth, and his investment portfolio serves as a reflection of his belief in those values. According to TechCrunch, the Marcy Venture Partners founder has provided funding for a Black-led app centered on building credit. Altro has raised…
A video featuring a male assailant punching a Black woman multiple times has gone viral. A white man’s violent attack which injured a Black woman at a Jacksonville, Florida gas station this week has prompted calls for justice from local activists who say the attack was racially motivated. The assailant, Kevin Troy Williamson, was arrested…
Lupe Fiasco Source: Kevin Winter / Getty Next school year, Lupe Fiasco is gearing up to teach a “sophisticated” rap class at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The Grammy award-winning rapper has been selected to take part in MIT’s MLK Visiting Professor Program, which recognizes the contributions of outstanding scholars. The program also honors…
A nurse’s dismissive response to D’Andre Hicks’ stroke resulted in 45 minutes elapsing before he received medical assistance. After an 11th-grade Black student in Boston, Massachusetts suffered a stroke in class, a supervising health official argued with his mother over the phone rather than dialing 911, leading to a 45-minute interval between the stroke and…
On this week’s episode of “That’s The Point,” theGrio’s Natasha S. Alford talks with Dr. Wendy Osefo about life, social justice, and reality television. This week on “That’s The Point,” theGrio’s Natasha S. Alford talks with Dr. Wendy Osefo about her passion for social justice, her career, the impact of reality television on Black women,…
Actress Tracee Ellis Ross discussed the abrupt ending to her hit sitcom “Girlfriends” during an interview with columnist Pete Hammond from Deadline on May 18. Ross was interviewed for Hammond‘s video series “The Actor’s Side.” Tracee Ellis Ross poses for a shot shared on Instagram on Jan. 12, 2022. (Photo: @traceeellisross/Instagram) The iconic sitcom about…
A Texas teenager who almost had to choose between his hair and wearing a cap and gown walked across the stage in the ceremonial attire on Saturday. Jacob Rush’s mother had to threaten legal action against Abeka Academy so that he and other students with “dreadlocks” and braids could commemorate the milestone in the traditional…
Grassroots organizers in Southwest Georgia Source: Albany Voter’s Coalition / Albany Voter’s Coalition With primaries in battleground states at the top of the news cycle, upcoming congressional upsets and emerging national leaders are the centerpieces of public political debate. But this focus makes it too easy to overlook the driving forces behind local efforts to…
