The new Cheatham Avenue was named in tribute to Captain John Cheatham nearly 100 years after the former slave’s outstanding service. Captain John Cheatham, the first Black man named fire chief in Minneapolis, will have a street named in his honor nearly 100 years after his exemplary service. The new Cheatham Avenue, which was previously…
EXCLUSIVE: More than 100 Black law students have gathered for ‘Have Her Back’ rallies in D.C. to support Brown Jackson, who is on the precipice of making U.S. history. More than 100 Black law students and public defenders have descended in Washington, D.C. this week to rally in support of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as…
Check here regularly for the significant, tense and dramatic moments of this historic Supreme Court confirmation hearing. Live updates provided by theGrio‘s Gerren Keith Gaynor, Managing Editor of Politics and Washington Correspondent, and Natasha S. Alford, Senior Correspondent About the nominee The Washington, D.C. native, who grew up in Miami, received an A.B. from Harvard-Radcliffe…
Keyshia Cole and Antonio Brown caught fans off guard on March 19 after the pair revealed they are musically collaborating together. In the Instagram Story that was first shared on the former Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver’s page, Cole is seen dancing close to a shirtless Brown while their untitled track blared in the background….
Fliers for missing activist Elise Malary are distributed near the CTA Howard Red Line station on March 17, 2022, in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood. Malary had been reported missing on March 11. | Source: Chicago Tribune / Getty The recent death of a prominent Illinois-based LGBTQ activist is renewing fears of violence against Black trans…
Source: Andrew Lichtenstein / Getty In Sarasota, Florida, members of the African American Cultural Coalition are working to preserve an important story from Black American history that has rarely been told. If you’ve done any research on living while Black in America during the early 1900s, then you more than likely have heard the stories…
T.I. revealed on March 19 that his good friend boxing legend Mike Tyson attended his comedy show at The Laugh Factory in Hollywood, California. In the Instagram post, the 41-year-old described the interaction that occurred between the pair following his set in his caption alongside a stream of photos. T.I. shared that boxing legend Mike…
OPINION: Senate Democrats better hit back hard to protect Judge Brown Jackson or face the wrath of Black women everywhere. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Shame on Senate Democrats for not punching back hard on Republican insurrectionist defender Senator Josh Hawley of…
Police Supt. David Brown argued unsuccessfully for leniency for Officer Nicholas Jovanovich before the Civilian Office of Police Accountability. A confrontation between a Chicago police officer and a protester during the widespread summer 2020 protests against police violence may soon lead to the officer’s dismissal. According to The Chicago Tribune, Police Superintendent David Brown argued for…
After facing backlash for its policy that bans students with locs from walking across the stage during the once-in-lifetime graduation ceremony, a Florida-based school has switched gears, but the parent who fought against the rule said it still excludes her son and other Black students from participating in the tradition. Latrenda Rush, who says she…
