Telfar wasn’t the only Black designer to outfit a 2024 Olympic team
In 2016, during the Rio Olympic Summer Games, Team Nigeria famously arrived for the opening ceremony in simple white and green tracksuits. Their actual opening ceremony kits failed to arrive in time. By the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo, Black-owned sportswear brand Actively Black, founded by former professional basketball player Lanny Smith, sponsored Team Nigeria, outfitting […]
Vision and mission brought to life at Esther’s Chamber
Beauty, wellness and confidence are interrelated. It’s difficult to have one without the others. Shreda Brown derives even deeper meaning from the health and wellness industry. Her new spa, Esther’s Chamber Bath and Spa House, serves as a sanctuary where inner and outer wellness go hand-in-hand, with a mission to empower her clients. After years of […]
Negro City and County Directories
Because of the 2018 movie Green Book, many people have at least a passing familiarity with The Negro Motorist Green Book. That book series was published from 1936 to 1966. As road conditions improved, Americans’ mobility increased and there was a need for people to know about areas beyond their immediate vicinity. The Negro Motorist […]
Bring your Lunch & Hear Motivational Speaker Rod Smith at the Library
Researching American Indian Records The 1896 Applications, Dawes Final Rolls and Guion Miller Roll, taken 1896-1909, each provide significant genealogical information when researching American Indian records but can often be confusing. Discuss the differences and importance of each with Debra Osborne Spindle, Ph.D., retired librarian from the Research Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society. On […]
Bridgerton’s Adjoa Andoh says the show has issues with ‘lighting Black skin’
Adjoa Andoh is opening up about her experience on the hit Netflix series “Bridgerton” and “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story.” The actress, who plays Lady Danbury in the “Bridgerton” universe, revealed in a recent episode of the Stirring it Up podcast that she does not yet feel “empowered” in her career, in part because of […]
Shirley Chisholm predicted this political moment. Now is the time to unite.
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. In 1969, then-freshman Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm predicted this political moment. During an interview with renowned English journalist David Frost on the orange, purple and maroon set of “The David Frost Show,” he cooly asked […]
A double mastectomy might not increase the survival rate of breast cancer
A popular treatment for breast cancer, a double mastectomy, might not increase breast cancer survivability, but it’s not all bad news. Double mastectomies involve surgically removing both breasts to prevent cancer from returning and spreading. A new study published Thursday in JAMA Oncology found that the procedure helps prevent the development of breast cancer but […]
Vanessa Williams recalls ‘racist’ Johnny Carson joke about her being 1st Black Miss America
Vanessa Williams is reflecting on the early days of her career in a new interview with People. The actress, 61, revealed that the late Johnny Carson made a “prejudiced” joke about her after she became the first Black woman to win the Miss America pageant in 1984. Williams shared that she was in New York […]
Maternity care in rural areas is in crisis. Can more doulas help?
When Bristeria Clark went into labor with her son in 2015, her contractions were steady at first. Then, they stalled. Her cervix stopped dilating. After a few hours, doctors at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Georgia, prepped Clark for an emergency cesarean section. It wasn’t the vaginal birth Clark had hoped for during her pregnancy. “I was freaking […]
10 female athletes, 2 bathrooms: Coco Gauff is embracing the Olympic Village chaos
Coco Gauff is soaking it all up in her first Olympic Games, including sharing two bathrooms with a fleet of athletes. This weekend, after her first tennis event was rescheduled due to inclement weather, the tennis star took to TikTok to share an inside look at life in the Olympic Village. In a seven-second video, […]
