Florida Elementary School Under Fire for Telling Black Students They Could End Up ‘Killed’ or ‘In Jail’ If They Get Low Test Scores In Impromptu Assembly

A Florida elementary school is facing public backlash after a group of Black students were targeted for low test scores on standardized tests while their counterparts weren’t pulled out of class. Parents told First Coast News how their children, fourth and fifth graders who attend […]

Bayard Rustin’s life, legacy and impact explored in new book

TheGrio’s Jared Alexander caught up with the editor of “Bayard Rustin: A Legacy of Protest and Politics,” Michael G. Long, and Rustin’s surviving partner Walter Naegle days before the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington. Sixty years ago this week, 250,000 people came together […]