Mauree Turner has made history as the first Muslim person elected to the Oklahoma state legislature after defeating Republican Kelly Barlean.

Ben Crump has demanded that assault charges be filed against the white woman who attacked Black teen, Keyon Harrold Jr., over an iPhone.

Ice cream company Ben & Jerry's unveiled a mural of Colin Kaepernick in Old West Tampa, ahead of this weekend's Super Bowl LV.

Maya Angelou will be the first Black person, and one of five women, to have their likeness on U.S. currency starting in 2022.

April Ryan has signed with Byron Allen's Allen Media Group to serve as White House Correspondent, D.C. Bureau Chief for TheGrio.TV.

"If there ever really was an American dream," Pharrell Williams told voter rights advocate Stacey Abrams on his podcast, "it's you."

At 90, Myrlie Evers-Williams still speaks in a clear, strong voice as she says she terribly misses her first love, civil rights icon Medgar Evers.

Rep. Ilhan Omar is working on a law to "establish an independent federal agency to investigate all officer-involved shootings and excessive uses of force."

The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced that Elliot will be honored with a star bearing her name on the morning of Monday, Nov. 8.

Hollywood couple Courtney B. Vance and Angela Bassett open up about life raising their teenage twins.

OPINION: Despite all the attacks, the Duchess of Sussex continues to take the high road while supporting her husband, Prince Harry.

Yusef Salaam, a Democrat who won his primary election in a landslide, will represent a central Harlem district on the City Council.

Writer R.S. Locke says Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s recent New York City tour showcased why service is universal.

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass) appeared on CNN to reflect on her harrowing experience during the Jan. 6 attacks on Capitol Hill.

The first Black woman promoted to principal dancer in the American Ballet Theatre, Misty Copeland is theGrio Awards’ 2023 Trailblazer Icon.

A memorial honoring Mamie Till-Mobley, mother of Emmett Till, was unveiled Saturday outside the suburban Chicago high school she attended.

Leo D. Sullivan, the pioneering Black animator and co-founder of the first Black-owned animation production company, has died at age 82. 

Rep. Joe Neguse and Del. Stacey Plaskett are both making history as impeachment managers during Trump's second trial.

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch says the history of the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6 will live in 'infamy.'

Mother Viola Ford Fletcher, 109, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, has released her memoir on Amazon.

With the HBO documentary causing many to at least question his famous uncle's intention toward young boys, Taj Jackson says he wants to raise $777,000 to make his own film

Tyler Perry's absentee ballot for the Georgia Senate runoff election never arrived in the mail, so he flew to the state to vote in person.

The funeral of Aretha Franklin will be jam packed with a who's who of performers who will come to Detroit to help the world say goodbye to the Queen of Soul

Social media food sensation Darius Williams, better known as the action assertion, faces multiple allegations from fans and fellow chefs.

NBC News correspondent Yamiche Alcindor and her husband welcomed their first child last month after years of IVF treatments.

Kendall Jenner and VOGUE are under fire after releasing photos of the model wearing her hair in what looks like an "afro."

  CNN has learned an arrest warrant was issued over the summer for R. Kelly‘s former manager, James Mason, after […]

In 2018, ABC and Kenya Barris had 'creative differences' over an episode of 'Black-ish' that ending up never airing. Now it will air on Hulu.

Data show that women of color are at a significantly higher risk of dying during childbirth than white women. Now, there's a plan to fix it.