The white immigrants were paid more than the $7.25 hourly wage that the Black workers were making. A group of Black farmworkers in the Mississippi Delta is taking legal action against Pitts Farm Partnership, alleging they were displaced by higher-paid white foreigners from South Africa. Six longtime Black farm workers allege in a federal lawsuit…
The duo drops their first full-length project eight months after their debut single, ‘Leave the Door Open’ After months of waiting, Silk Sonic has finally released their first project, An Evening With Silk Sonic, now available to purchase and listen to on streaming services. When pop superstar Bruno Mars and four-time Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Anderson .Paak came…
Nick Cannon and Kel Mitchell reunited on Cannon’s daytime talk show and the host made sure to let his former “All That” co-star know just how much of an impact he as well as “SNL” star Keenan Thompson had on his life and career. The “Wild N Out” creator expressed his gratitude for his longtime…
Judge Brenda Penny, mother of ‘Insecure’ showrunner Prentice Penny, officially ended Spears’ 14-year conservatorship Britney Spears is free. A Los Angeles judge on Friday ended the conservatorship that has controlled the pop singer’s life and money for nearly 14 years. The decision capped a stunning odyssey that saw Spears publicly demand the end of the conservatorship, hire her…
The Real Housewives of Orange Country also returns with their first Black Real Housewife in that franchise From the premiere of The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip to the continuation of The Real Housewives of Potomac reunion, theGrio is back with your Reality Roundup of the week! Photo Credit via Instagram: @BravoTV Ultimate Girls Trip is…
Cain died in July 2020 at age 74 after a weeks-long battle with COVID-19 Former President Donald Trump previously said that no “negative effects” came from his rallies during the pandemic, where attendees were not wearing masks or socially distancing. Some of his campaign staffers disagree. ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl reported in…
Source: Brandon Bell / Getty Travis Scott has received significant criticism since the fatal incident at his Astroworld musical festival in Houston, leaving nine people dead. Earlier this week, the rapper announced that all festival attendees would receive a free month of BetterHelp. An app that boasts convenient methods to connect with a licensed…
The film that tells the story of the late trumpeter’s only biological offspring will stream during the American Black Film Festival, starting Friday. Sharon Preston-Folta is a senior account executive at WUSF Public Media in Tampa, Florida. She also happens to be the daughter of the late Louis Armstrong. That latter revelation was not public…
Curtis Means and his twin sister had a less than 1 percent chance of survival. An Alabama boy nabbed a Guinness World Record as the most premature infant to survive. Sixteen-month-old Curtis Means and his twin C’Asya had a less-than 1% chance of survival when they were born at 19 weeks premature. C’Asya died the…
Viola Davis has fans in an uproar after seeing the first glimpses of her next role as Michelle Obama in the Showtime series “The First Lady.” The actress is known for her strong on-screen deliveries from the television hit show “How to Get Away With Murder” to her Academy Award-winning role in “Fences.” Davis, who…
