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When he announced he was traveling to the Caribbean earlier this month, IShowSpeed relished the moment by involving his little brother. The announcement echoed his trip through various countries in Africa, as he would take in not only the cultures of the countries he would step foot in, but he’d
This week, students at South Carolina State University, the state’s first public HBCU, are outraged after the university announced to student leaders its plans to invite South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette to speak at the 2026 commencement ceremony. The student body did not hesitate to share its disdain for
The body of content creator Ashly Robinson, known online as Ashlee Jenae, has been returned to her family in New Jersey, but her personal belongings, including her engagement ring, remain unaccounted for. As TheGrio previously reported, Robinson, 31, died April 9 at a hospital in Zanzibar, Tanzania, one day after
The civil rights community and elected leaders are reeling after the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday against Louisiana’s congressional map that included a second majority-Black district based on the state’s population of Black voters. NAACP President Derrick Johnson said the court’s conservative majority “betrayed Black voters” in a statement reacting
One Washington state high school student is celebrating the beauty of Black coils with Google. Kameirah Johnson, a senior at Lakeside High School in North Seattle, is one of five finalists in Google’s 2025-2026 “Doodle for Google” competition. The annual nationwide art contest invites students in grades K-12 to flex
After public blowback from the State Department’s announcement of a limited supply of U.S. passports featuring printed portraits of President Donald Trump, the White House defended the move by pointing to Trump’s frequent political punching bag: former President Barack Obama. The White House on Tuesday celebrated the new U.S. “Patriot
Debbie Allen was surprised with a special on-air moment by her husband, former NBA star Norm Nixon, to celebrate their 42nd wedding anniversary. On Monday, the award-winning multihyphenate, 76, appeared on “Good Day New York” to promote her latest project, directing the Broadway production of “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,”
Jack Thornell, the former Associated Press photographer whose image of a wounded James Meredith on a Mississippi highway became one of the defining photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, died Thursday at a hospital in Metairie, Louisiana. He was 86. PBS NewsHour reported that his son, Jay Thornell, confirmed the
Tristan Thompson has filed for a limited conservatorship over his 19-year-old brother, Amari Thompson, according to court documents reported on April 28. The filing marks a continuation of Thompson’s legal and personal responsibility for his sibling following the death of their mother, Andrea Thompson, in 2023. According to People, the
A 23-year-old man has become the first patient in Louisiana to undergo a groundbreaking gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease, marking a significant step forward in the fight against the inherited blood disorder. According to New Orleans’ WWL4, Daniel Cressy was discharged after spending six weeks in the hospital