Undated photo of Emmett Till. | Source: Bettmann / Getty One day, a white woman woke up in the morning and decided that making an opera about Emmett Till was a good idea. That white woman got a bunch of Black people involved—whom she would have needed to in order to make this even plausibly…
Eric Dick said he wasn’t behind the Houston mailer, but a probe found that he requested, approved and arranged to pay for it. A Houston Republican who lost his bid for a seat on its city council has been fined $30,000 by the Texas Ethics Commission after falsely claiming he had been endorsed by a…
The sorority’s 33rd Annual Delta Days will also focus on student loan debt and Black maternal health. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senior Advisor to President Joe Biden, Cedric Richmond, are among D.C. lawmakers and administration officials receiving meetings today with members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated. The discussions, that began on March 5…
Arkansas high school students staged a sit-in on their campus after a Black student was suspended for an equal amount of time as a white student who picked a fight with him during school hours. Fordyce high school students stage sit-in (Cellphone video screenshot) Instigators filmed the altercation and posted it on social media, sparking…
OPINION: The revolutionary Black power group came out the gate swinging with a song that still sounds as good as the day it came out. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. It’s amazing how time and distance can impact how you interact with…
As Black women remain the heartbeat of the Black church, they are also clergywomen and change-makers revolutionizing faith. Black women have been the backbone of the Black church and the vanguards of ministry, in and out of the pulpit. This Women’s History Month, we take a moment to lift Black clergywomen who stood in the…
The Emmett Till Antilynching Act of 2022 passed Monday night by unanimous consent, and it now heads to the president’s desk. The United States Senate passed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act of 2022 on Monday night by unanimous consent, and it will now head to President Joe Biden’s desk for his signature. The bill, which…
Reality TV star Kandi Burruss of “The Real Housewives Of Atlanta” made an appearance on the Sunday, March 6, episode of “Watch What Happens,” where she shared her thoughts on the “RHOA” spinoff “Porsha’s Family Matters.” Porsha Williams left “RHOA” after season 13 to star in her own spinoff, which features her family, her daughter,…
A live oak tree covered in Spanish moss is seen on the campus of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University during finals week in Tallahassee, Florida on December 13, 2019. | Source: The Washington Post / Getty Institutions across the country have lost huge aspects of student life due to the pandemic and for HBCUs, in…
Biles shared an Instagram post in which she’s holding a “yes to the dress” sign at Galia Lahav bridal shop in Los Angeles. Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles is getting ready for her 2023 wedding to fiance Jonathan Owens. Biles shared an Instagram post Sunday in which she posed at Galia Lahav bridal shop in…
