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Saturday, May 25, 2025 -- John S. Jacobs was a North Carolina fugitive, an abolitionist and the brother of canonical author Harriet Jacobs. His own fierce autobiography has re-emerged.

OPINION: The former president embodies the worst racial stereotypes his followers believe about Black people. The post Donald Trump is the greatest N-word of all time appeared first on TheGrio.

The former president is actually the embodiment of the racial stereotypes his followers believe about Black people.

Anyone who studies Cincinnati’s history owes a debt of gratitude to Wendell Phillips Dabney.

Part 2 of theGrio’s Black History Month series explores the myths, misunderstandings & mischaracterizations of the struggle for civil rights.

One day in 1855, a man walked into a newspaper office in Sydney, Australia, with an odd request.

Many Minnesotans may know the story of Dred Scott and his legal fight for freedom and his time at Fort Snelling.  But many may not know that hundreds of other African Americans came to Minnesota around the time of the Civil War and to Fort Snelling in particular.

OPINION: It is possible to mourn the victims of Hamas violence and support the rights of the Palestinian people. Silencing those voices is a tool of oppression

“Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats!” - H. L. Mencken (1880-1956), Americ

Juneteenth is just one of many historic observances that commemorate the journey to freedom and the ongoing fight for equality, Harriett Gaston told attendees