Actress and singer Sheryl Lee Ralph made her 1981 breakthrough debut as Deena Jones in the Broadway musical “Dreamgirls,” a role that earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical. While looking back on the career-changing part, Ralph claimed that when it came time to make a feature-length film about the…
A New Jersey mayor is denying claims of racism after recordings that seem to show him and other town officials using racial epithets to describe Black people were made public by a local newspaper this week. In the seven recordings, Mayor Sal Bonaccorso and Police Chief Pedro Matos apparently referred to Black people as N-words….
OPINION: Maybe you’ve heard the legendary comedian is on tour with a new show called ‘Ego Trip’? This is a spoiler-free post about that. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Note: This piece has nothing to do with The Slap. It’s about Chris…
At age 6, Walton was already taking pictures from the sidelines of the Southern Heritage Classic football game in her hometown of Memphis. NBA fans in Memphis knew her first, this little girl photographing Grizzlies games from the baseline at the FedEx Forum. Storee Elle Walton, who’s just 8 years old, is making national news…
Source: Scott Olson / Getty Welp, Donald Trump‘s Truth Social app is up and running. Well, it’s up, anyway. The “running” part of Trump’s Twitter alternative appears to be hitting some snags—which is to say the launch of the app has become as disastrous as Trump’s failure of a presidency. For those who are unaware…
The trooper was fired days after the killing, but a grand jury declined to indict the white officer on charges of felony murder and aggravated assault. The family of a Black man who was shot in the face and killed by a Georgia state trooper after a traffic stop for a broken tail light has…
Tia Mowry easily has proved to win over social media followers with her frequent posts. The actress enjoys sharing fashion reels with her family, and giving the world an inside look at the life off camera. In a new post, she’s taken a bit of a different direction by giving her 10.2 million followers some…
In an interview with theGrio, Martin Luther King III and his wife Arndrea Waters King reflect on the life and work of MLK and how’s today’s culture wars have impeded the justice movement. Fifty-four years ago, an assassin’s bullet took the life of civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. On the evening of April…
A new novel highlights a lesser-known figure in the Underground Railroad, a leading Philadelphia entrepreneur who doubled as an abolitionist. Henrietta Bowers Duterte, the nation’s first female undertaker, used her funeral home and family clothing businesses to help enslaved Black Americans gain freedom. Her journey is chronicled in Kaitlyn Greenidge’s novel, “Libertie,” released in paperback…
Abdul-Jabbar said his comments about James were “in the spirit of a loving older brother offering guidance, whether wanted or not.” Iconic former Los Angeles Lakers player-turned-writer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has weighed in on several topics over the past week. From “The Slap” to comments by current Laker star LeBron James regarding COVID-19 vaccines, Abdul-Jabbar has…
