Transcribed by: Sydney Henriques-Payne Completion date: Dec 2, 2021 DCP EP 91: Black Legacies: Kenyatta McLean and Emma Osore Gerren Keith Gaynor [00:00:03] Welcome to Dear Culture, the podcast that gives you news you can trust for the culture, I’m your co-host, Gerren Keith Gaynor, managing editor at theGrio Shana Pinnock [00:00:12] and I’m your…
Exclusive: The actor and singer also teased Celina Smith’s performance as Annie, calling her a “treasure.” We are just hours away from NBC’s Annie Live!, and Tituss Burgess is ready to get villainous. In an interview with theGrio, Burgess shed light on his representation of Rooster, working alongside Taraji P. Henson, Celina Smith, and other…
Alfred Liggins III and Cathy Hughes onstage during 2019 Urban One Honors at MGM National Harbor on December 05, 2019, in Oxon Hill, Maryland. | Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Cathy Hughes, Urban One’s renowned founder and chairperson, and Alfred Liggins III, CEO of Urban One and TV One, were inducted into the Cablefax Cable…
The suspect was arrested while allegedly committing another robbery nearby. A man has been arrested in the fatal shooting of Jacqueline Avant. As theGrio previously reported, Jacqueline, the wife of legendary music executive Clarence Avant, was shot and killed in a home invasion robbery on Tuesday. The suspect remained at large, according to Beverly Hills…
EXCLUSIVE: As the Big Apple and the rest of the nation grapples with an ongoing pandemic and slowed shipment of goods, political leaders turn to solutions Brian Benjamin is New York’s 78th Lieutenant Governor and the first person of Caribbean descent and only the second Black person to hold the office. In an exclusive interview…
The book, entitled “The Adventures of Qai Qai,” centers around Williams’ daughter’s popular doll Serena Williams is releasing her first children’s book. The tennis star announced The Adventures of Qai Qai this week, her upcoming book set to be published in fall 2022. Based on characters created by entertainment technology company Invisible Universe, The Adventures of…
Porsha Williams shocked the world when she revealed her relationship with Simon Guobadia, the ex-husband of ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta’ co-star, Faylynn Guobadia. The world will soon get to look at Porsha from another angle on Bravo’s new spinoff series, “Porsha’s Family Matter.” It also features her mother, Diane, her sister, Lauren, two aunts,…
Now that there is no longer speculation about whether Stacey Abrams will run for governor of Georgia, people are eagerly turning their attention to next year’s mid-term election with the expectation that she will emerge victorious from a rematch against Brian Kemp, the alleged voter suppressor to whom she narrowly lost in 2018. Abrams on…
Josephine Baker became the first American Black woman entertainer to be honored with a burial at the Pantheon in France. While it is looked at as a special moment to some, it sparked controversy among native citizens of France, especially those in anti-racist groups, that France still has a ways to go when it comes…
Avant, who was fatally shot during a robbery invasion, was a titan in her own right as a philanthropist and political advocate. When news spread about the death of Jacqueline Avant on Wednesday, there was an outpouring of grief. Avant, 81, was the longtime wife of music and entertainment mogul Clarence Avant. She died of…
