| 1 | Mar 14, '25 | Critics called Meghan Markle unrelatable for her luxury Le Creuset pots, so Black women flood social media with their Le Creuset collections. Read more #OnTheGrio | 194× | 4.3M | 14k | 1.6k | 754 |
| 2 | Sep 18, '17 | This Trump supporting student tried to get an undocumented classmate deported, but instead he got himself expelled: | 23.7× | 0 | 17k | 5.6k | 1 |
| 3 | Feb 24, '19 | 🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨 The texts between Jussie Smollett and the Nigerian-American brothers prove that the $3500 was for fitness training and not to orchestrate the alleged attack. This | 23.1× | 0 | 17k | 6.7k | 205 |
| 4 | Oct 27, '25 | Pastor Jamal Bryant paused certain offerings this month—calling on his church to give groceries instead of money to feed families hit by the shutdown and SNAP cuts. Read more #OnTh | 23.1× | 509k | 6.6k | 1.5k | 286 |
| 5 | Apr 27, '18 | 25-year-old Brittany Oswell went into cardiac arrest on a flight, and despite an onboard doctor’s pleas to divert the plane, the pilots continued flying. When they landed four hour | 19.4× | 0 | 10k | 8.1k | 67 |
| 6 | Oct 17, '17 | Congratulations to newlyweds, Toni Braxton and Birdman! | 18.9× | 0 | 2.6k | 2.5k | 0 |
| 7 | Feb 9, '18 | These kids recreated Black Panther characters and these 👏🏾 photos 👏🏾 are 👏🏾 ICONIC 🙏🏾✨✨✨🌟 | 16.3× | 0 | 13k | 5.7k | 1 |
| 8 | Nov 26, '23 | Coco Jones and Boyz II Men just hit the stage at theGrio Awards 2023 with their amazing performance of Mariah Carey's "One Sweet Day!" 🔥🎶 #Griofam, did you catch the legendary co | 13.3× | 294k | 1.3k | 282 | 108 |
| 9 | Aug 31, '17 | For the first time in its 215-year history, West Point's top cadet is a black woman: | 12.8× | 0 | 10k | 4.3k | 0 |
| 10 | Jun 28, '25 | 🚨 Jasmine Crockett says she raised $4M, hit 100+ events for Dems—then was told she’s “not a team player.” Now she’s scaling back and shifting focus to Texas and the grassroots. Re | 12.6× | 278k | 1.4k | 334 | 157 |
| 11 | Nov 12, '17 | A teacher joined students bullying a Muslim student and caught on tape pulling her hijab off to see her "pretty hair:" | 12.1× | 0 | 4k | 3.8k | 1 |
| 12 | Nov 26, '23 | For the second year in a row, theGrio is honored to have the incomparable @mspattilabelle grace our stage. 🙌🏾✨ Tonight, she took us on an emotional ride with her rendition of Mar | 10.9× | 241k | 2.7k | 513 | 149 |
| 13 | Apr 13, '18 | 14-year-old Brennan Walker missed the bus to school, and decided to walk. He knocked on the door of a house to ask for directions, but was instead accused of trying to break in and | 9.6× | 0 | 5k | 3.9k | 22 |
| 14 | Feb 23, '19 | 🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨 Despite claims from Chicago PD, the brothers as persons of interest in the Jussie Smollett case told the grand jury they were paid $3500 because they were fitness | 8.9× | 0 | 5k | 2.6k | 74 |
| 15 | Feb 15, '17 | .@LittleCaesars' late founder, Mike Ilitch, paid Rosa Parks‘ rent for over a decade | 8.8× | 0 | 5.7k | 3.1k | 0 |
| 16 | Mar 7, '20 | “I’m a grown a** all the way Black woman.” Bernie Sanders’ National Co-Chair @ninaturner explains why sometimes white liberals don’t have Black women’s backs, and why she doesn’t h | 8.7× | 0 | 8k | 2.1k | 184 |
| 17 | Nov 27, '23 | Stevie Wonder is requesting a meeting with President Biden. He is concerned after witnessing the rollback of critical laws and freedoms long fought for to level the playing field f | 8.5× | 187k | 1.6k | 414 | 97 |
| 18 | Feb 25, '16 | That time a young Barack Obama said American culture is black culture and has to be 'affirmed.' #BlackHistoryMonth | 8.3× | 0 | 5.5k | 3.8k | 2 |
| 19 | May 24, '23 | Bill Lee, a well-regarded jazz musician and father of Spike Lee, has died. He was 94. Read More 👇🏿 | 7.5× | 164k | 2.2k | 597 | 15 |
| 20 | Dec 14, '17 | That amazing moment when @RobinRoberts hits Omarosa with the ‘Bye Felicia!’ 😩 | 6.1× | 0 | 4.7k | 1.7k | 1 |
| 21 | Dec 10, '24 | Nikki Giovanni, revolutionary poet and voice of Black resilience, has died at 81. Her words inspired generations and will continue to echo through time. | 5.8× | 129k | 2.2k | 869 | 194 |
| 22 | Nov 5, '20 | Mauree Turner has made history as the first Muslim person elected to Oklahoma's legislature and the first non-binary lawmaker in the country. 🙏🏾👏🏾 | 5.7× | 0 | 4.7k | 1.5k | 70 |
| 23 | Sep 13, '17 | Cleveland cop pleads guilty to using sex toy on women during traffic stop: | 5.4× | 0 | 979 | 1.6k | 0 |
| 24 | Jul 27, '20 | John Lewis becomes the FIRST Black lawmaker to lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda and his casket rests atop the catafalque built for President Abraham Lincoln’s funeral in 1865. # | 5.1× | 0 | 5k | 1.3k | 31 |
| 25 | Dec 13, '17 | After being put on time out, another one of our babies decided to take her life, at just 8-years-old. This has to stop. 💔 | 4.8× | 0 | 1.7k | 1.4k | 0 |
| 26 | Nov 27, '22 | This moment will go down in history! Only at #theGrioAwards will you see all the queens on the stage singing the Karyn White classic -- Superwoman. #Fantasia #JenniferHudson #Queen | 4.7× | 0 | 4.8k | 860 | 238 |
| 27 | May 21, '19 | I tell ya...white woman tears💦 come along like CLOCKWORK. Shoutout to @nessnitty for having @Kaepernick7 's back. 🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻 | 4.2× | 0 | 3.9k | 995 | 100 |
| 28 | Oct 15, '24 | When rapper Plies turns his phone on in his car and hits record, it isn’t to talk about his teeth or dating. Instead, the Florida-born star is dropping insights even some of the be | 4.2× | 93k | 2.8k | 524 | 111 |
| 29 | Feb 23, '20 | With a heavy heart, we announce the passing of 70-year-old lifestyle guru, B. Smith. Before battling early-onset Alzheimer's, Barbara Elaine Smith was a groundbreaking model and re | 3.8× | 0 | 3.4k | 1k | 36 |
| 30 | Dec 28, '20 | The famed civil rights attorney is now representing the family of Keyon Harrold Jr. and wants the NY District Attorney to file assault charges LET'S GET TO IT! | 3.8× | 0 | 4k | 759 | 27 |
| 31 | May 30, '24 | Amidst the frenzied media storm and onslaught of racist hate Meghan Markle received after her relationship with Prince Harry went public, he did something neither his father nor ol | 3.5× | 78k | 1.4k | 335 | 85 |
| 32 | Sep 28, '16 | White police officer fired after posting a selfie saying "I"m the law today n*gga": | 3.5× | 0 | 1k | 1.6k | 0 |
| 33 | Feb 6, '21 | Ben & Jerry’s unveiled a mural of Colin Kaepernick in Old West Tampa ahead of this weekend’s Super Bowl LV. | 3.5× | 0 | 4k | 644 | 7 |
| 34 | Mar 4, '24 | After nearly 27 years of marriage, and 18 years of parenthood, Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance are gearing up for their next roles: empty nesters. Read more 👇🏾 | ⚡ 3.3× | 3.6M | 1.8k | 132 | 170 |
| 35 | Jan 20, '25 | Rev. Al Sharpton led a rally to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy. A news reporter asked some of the women walking in, "Does the fact that is inauguration day mean anything | 3.3× | 73k | 2.4k | 527 | 284 |
| 36 | May 7, '25 | Shiloh Hendrix raised $600K after targeting a 5-year-old Black child with a racial slur. Now, activist Kiandria Demone is leading a movement to stop her—and the platforms helping h | 3.3× | 73k | 3.4k | 986 | 188 |
| 37 | Dec 13, '17 | And yet again, this is why we love @angela_rye. | 3.3× | 0 | 2.2k | 1k | 0 |
| 38 | Oct 10, '21 | The legendary poet will be the first Black woman to have their likeness on U.S. currency. | 3.2× | 0 | 3.7k | 594 | 20 |
| 39 | Dec 16, '20 | 🚨BIG NEWS🚨 We are so honored to welcome @AprilDRyan to the #GrioFam! On January 4, 2021, April will be joining and theGrio digital platforms as our White House Correspondent and | 3.2× | 0 | 3.7k | 368 | 14 |
| 40 | Jan 10, '20 | Y’all. We couldn’t make this up if we tried 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. @BOOSIEOFFICIAL gets a shimmy tutorial on IG Live. | 3.1× | 0 | 2.5k | 726 | 78 |
| 41 | Jan 17, '18 | Happy birthday to our FOREVER First Lady, @MichelleObama! | 3.1× | 0 | 2.7k | 1k | 0 |
| 42 | Feb 25, '19 | ICYMI: @ReginaKing’s acceptance speech ✨ #Oscars | 3.1× | 0 | 2.7k | 823 | 56 |
| 43 | Jan 24, '18 | Did you know that Denzel Washington once paid for 10 @HowardU students to study acting at Oxford? And this #ThisIsUs star was one of them: | 2.9× | 0 | 2.4k | 915 | 0 |
| 44 | Jun 12, '23 | 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. More here. 👇🏾 | 2.8× | 61k | 2.3k | 427 | 17 |
| 45 | Nov 26, '23 | Eddie Murphy received this year's Grio Icon Award after 47 years in the entertainment business. And one thing we know for sure, he is still making us laugh. TheGrio Awards 2023 is | 2.7× | 59k | 1.5k | 272 | 54 |
| 46 | Dec 6, '23 | A Black Chicago native has received her Ph.D. at just 17, adding to a lengthy list of academic achievements. Read More👇🏿 | 2.7× | 59k | 1.7k | 443 | 25 |
| 47 | Jun 29, '20 | ICYMI: #BETAwards opening performance featuring Public Enemy, Nas, The Roots, Rapsody, and YG #BETAwards | 2.6× | 0 | 1.9k | 730 | 118 |
| 48 | Jan 21, '23 | Little man's reaction to learning how to walk is an excellent representation of our reaction to realizing IT'S THE WEEKEND! 🎉 🎥 via TikTok: alissa_and_b | 2.5× | 54k | 2k | 217 | 40 |
| 49 | Mar 2, '18 | ⭐️Picture perfect ⭐️ #TGITCrossover #Scandal #HTGAWM #HowToGetAwayWithScandal | 2.5× | 0 | 2.5k | 571 | 5 |
| 50 | Apr 1, '23 | Leo D. Sullivan, the pioneering Black animator and co-founder of the first Black-owned animation production company, has died at age 82. More here. 👇🏽 | 2.3× | 50k | 1.3k | 401 | 25 |
| 51 | Jan 7, '19 | Halle x Lena 😍 #GoldenGlobes | 2.3× | 0 | 2.4k | 268 | 14 |
| 52 | Sep 25, '20 | Don’t mind us. We’re just looking for the lie. 🕵🏾♀️🕵🏾 Would you look at that? Can’t find it. Shoutout to you @TamikaDMallory. | 2.2× | 0 | 1.6k | 595 | 89 |
| 53 | Sep 27, '16 | Black America watching them talk about race relations... #DebateNight #Debate2016 | 2.2× | 0 | 1k | 1.1k | 0 |
| 54 | Jun 2, '23 | The oldest surviving witness to the Tulsa Race Massacre has become the oldest author in the United States following the release of her memoir this week. Read more. 👇🏾 | 2.1× | 47k | 1.1k | 331 | 21 |
| 55 | Jan 26, '18 | #GetOut scored a whopping 4 #OscarNoms — yet @LilRel4 wasn't invited to the #Oscars2018?! | 2.1× | 0 | 1.3k | 537 | 0 |
| 56 | Feb 1, '21 | Give @staceyabrams all the flowers 💐 she deserves! 👏🏾 | 2.1× | 0 | 2.5k | 340 | 1 |
| 57 | May 1, '22 | Gayle King, took a moment to honor @AprilDRyan and led the room to a roaring standing ovation in response to her groundbreaking #25years serving as a White House correspondent. Wel | 2.1× | 0 | 2.6k | 270 | 12 |
| 58 | May 4, '24 | #Griofam, this had us in tears 🥹 Afrika Owes, a single mom based in New York, has gone viral after sharing the news on TikTok that she passed the New York bar exam early on her fi | 2.0× | 45k | 1.3k | 170 | 44 |
| 59 | Jul 7, '21 | Darius Cooks is under all types of heat. | 2.0× | 0 | 1.1k | 607 | 96 |
| 60 | Feb 11, '19 | ICYMI - Cardi B’s #GRAMMYs performance | 2.0× | 0 | 1.4k | 551 | 83 |
| 61 | Jun 14, '20 | Things like this, the tolls of racism aren’t just on our bodies, our minds suffer as well. | 2.0× | 0 | 1.4k | 639 | 47 |
| 62 | Nov 6, '20 | Going to take a moment here to give our good sis @staceyabrams the flowers💐 she deserves. Regardless of what happens in Georgia, let's be clear -- SHE is why a shift has occurred | 1.9× | 0 | 1.8k | 460 | 9 |
| 63 | Jun 13, '19 | “The system is not broken, it was built to be this way.” - @ava #WhenTheySeeUs #WhenTheySeeUsNow | 1.9× | 0 | 1.7k | 582 | 4 |
| 64 | Feb 25, '19 | ICYMI: #SpikeLee’s acceptance speech. "The 2020 presidential election is around the corner. Let's all mobilize. Let's all be on the right side of history. Make the moral choice bet | 1.9× | 0 | 1.6k | 494 | 24 |
| 65 | Jan 22, '18 | The cast of #Blackish did 👏🏾 not 👏🏾 come 👏🏾 to 👏🏾 play 👏🏾 tonight on this #SAGAwards red carpet. | 1.9× | 0 | 1.5k | 617 | 0 |
| 66 | Sep 30, '21 | OPINION: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s recent New York City tour showcased why service is universal. ✍🏾 R.S. Locke @royal_suitor | 1.8× | 0 | 1.5k | 444 | 45 |
| 67 | May 29, '20 | Rep. @IlhanMN is working on legislation that will “establish an independent federal agency to investigate all officer-involved shootings and excessive uses of force.” | 1.8× | 0 | 1.8k | 378 | 8 |
| 68 | Nov 7, '23 | Exonerated “Central Park Five” member Yusef Salaam is poised to win a seat Tuesday on the New York City Council, marking a stunning reversal of fortune for a political newcomer. Re | 1.8× | 39k | 1.5k | 291 | 11 |
| 69 | Apr 30, '23 | The mother of Emmett Till is memorialized with a bronze statue outside the high school she attended in Chicago. Read More 👇🏿 | 1.7× | 38k | 1.2k | 245 | 6 |
| 70 | Sep 1, '21 | 🚨 BREAKING🚨 Two years and 2 days after the murder of Elijah McClain, the Colorado Attorney General has announced that 3 officers and 2 paramedics have been charged with McClain's | 1.7× | 0 | 1.5k | 516 | 10 |
| 71 | Sep 15, '22 | OPINION: Despite all the attacks from social media and the British media in general during the mourning period for Queen Elizabeth, the Duchess of Sussex continues to take the high | 1.7× | 0 | 1.6k | 384 | 42 |
| 72 | Nov 7, '21 | The iconic @MissyElliott will be honored with a Walk of Fame star on Monday 🌟 YES to Missy getting her flowers 👏🏾🐐 | 1.6× | 0 | 1.8k | 293 | 5 |
| 73 | May 19, '18 | No way we couldn't relive this moment with the choir. Their presence changed the experience! #RoyalWedding | 1.6× | 0 | 1.5k | 449 | 13 |
| 74 | Jul 31, '18 | "George Zimmerman had a 9mm gun. Trayvon Martin had a bag of skittles." This is America. #TrayvonMartinStory | 1.6× | 0 | 1.4k | 530 | 2 |
| 75 | Jul 29, '20 | Ugh. This one hurts all of us who are music heads. Philadelphia rapper Malik B, a founding member of 'The Roots', has reportedly passed away at the age of 47. We send our love and | 1.6× | 0 | 1.2k | 502 | 11 |
| 76 | Apr 30, '18 | We'll give her an invite to the cookout! No, @michelleisawolf isn’t Black, but after her savage take down at #WHCD we’ll trade Kanye for her in the racial draft | 1.5× | 0 | 1.4k | 242 | 6 |
| 77 | Jan 7, '19 | BREAKING NEWS: #CyntoiaBrown was just granted clemency!!!! After serving 15 years in prison, she will be released on parole supervision in August of this year. | 1.4× | 0 | 1k | 471 | 4 |
| 78 | Aug 23, '18 | The list of who will perform at Aretha Franklin's funeral is here: - Stevie Wonder - Jennifer Hudson - Fantasia - Shirley Caesar - Ron Isley - Chaka Khan - Faith Hill - Yolanda Ada | 1.4× | 0 | 1k | 410 | 5 |
| 79 | Feb 25, '19 | .@michaelb4jordan arrives as the #Oscars with his gorgeous mother! | 1.4× | 0 | 1.7k | 173 | 6 |
| 80 | Feb 6, '19 | Seeking asylum is LEGAL Seeking asylum is LEGAL Seeking asylum is LEGAL Seeking asylum is LEGAL Seeking asylum is LEGAL Seeking asylum is LEGAL Seeking asylum is LEGAL Seeking asyl | 1.4× | 0 | 1.2k | 441 | 1 |
| 81 | Nov 27, '22 | Alena Analeigh McQuarter wins the Young Icon Award! The Texas teenager made history as the youngest African-American accepted into medical school! #TheGrioAwards is happening NOW o | 1.3× | 0 | 1.3k | 323 | 15 |
| 82 | Jan 7, '19 | A statement from Cyntoia Brown. 🙌🏾🙏🏾 | 1.3× | 0 | 1.1k | 446 | 1 |
| 83 | Oct 13, '17 | Women of Color! We see you. We appreciate you. We love you! Join us in amplifying WOC voices & work today using the hashtag #WOCAffirmation | 1.3× | 0 | 1.1k | 406 | 0 |
| 84 | Nov 6, '20 | View post on X | 1.2× | 0 | 1.4k | 233 | 6 |
| 85 | Jul 28, '25 | “A week ago I lost my big brother—but I gained an angel…” Keshia Knight Pulliam’s tribute to Malcolm‑Jamal Warner reminds us of how love and legacy endure beyond the screen. Read m | 1.2× | 27k | 2.2k | 308 | 65 |
| 86 | Jan 9, '21 | EXCLUSIVE: Historian and Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch tells theGrio's @AprilDRyan that Jan. 6 will live in 'infamy' and be written about for years to come. | 1.2× | 0 | 1.1k | 305 | 23 |
| 87 | Apr 5, '19 | “I’m not combating #LeavingNeverland. I’m doing a documentary about the media’s relationship with my uncle and how they’ve reported certain things as factual that were lies.” - Taj | 1.2× | 0 | 1.2k | 327 | 7 |
| 88 | Dec 29, '21 | @westcoastwoman7 Yes, @qsteph is EXACTLY the type of person we PROUDLY employ -- who is actually dedicated to truth, who unabashedly calls out racism and skewed 'media' narratives, | 1.2× | 0 | 1k | 216 | 14 |
| 89 | Nov 27, '22 | The moment we all felt in our souls! #DaveChapelle speaking facts. #theGrioAwards | 1.2× | 0 | 1.3k | 232 | 42 |
| 90 | Feb 8, '21 | "We have been cleaning up after violent white supremacist mobs for generations and it must end." – @AyannaPressley A WORD. | 1.2× | 0 | 1.2k | 240 | 11 |
| 91 | Nov 26, '23 | The first Black woman promoted to principal dancer in the American Ballet Theatre, Misty Copeland is theGrio Awards’ 2023 Trailblazer Icon. Read More👇🏿 | 1.1× | 25k | 1.3k | 231 | 14 |
| 92 | Jan 7, '19 | The Washington’s 🙌🏾 #GoldenGlobes | 1.1× | 0 | 1.2k | 224 | 2 |
| 93 | Mar 21, '17 | .@Lesdoggg has made her mark in Hollywood as one of the funniest women in the industry. Today, we celebrate this shining star. #GrioHERstory | 1.1× | 0 | 1.2k | 221 | 0 |
| 94 | Apr 27, '23 | Did anyone else's smile grow bigger and bigger the more you watched? You are doing great! We are proud of you 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 IG 🎥: jeanineraine | 1.0× | 23k | 1.2k | 64 | 10 |
| 95 | Oct 27, '23 | Herbert “Bertie” Bowman, a fixture on Capitol Hill for 60 years and the longest-serving Black congressional staffer, died Wednesday. He was 92. 🙏🏽 Read more. 👇🏾 | 1.0× | 23k | 1.1k | 238 | 9 |
| 96 | Feb 12, '21 | Trump’s second impeachment trial is being overseen by 2 Black lawmakers who've become integral figures in the Democratic party. | 1.0× | 0 | 1.2k | 169 | 10 |
| 97 | Nov 3, '25 | Howard and Spelman are the latest HBCUs to receive transformative gifts from MacKenzie Scott—$118M total, unrestricted. A masterclass in trust-based philanthropy. Read more #OnTheG | 1.0× | 22k | 1.7k | 287 | 51 |
| 98 | Mar 8, '21 | Kate knew the truth and let the media vilify Meghan. Titles mean nothing when your character is in question. #OprahMeghanHarry | 1.0× | 0 | 1k | 209 | 9 |
| 99 | Jun 7, '23 | NBC News correspondent Yamiche Alcindor welcomed her first child last month after years of IVF treatments. Read More👇🏿 | 0.9× | 19k | 1k | 63 | 3 |
| 100 | Jan 6, '21 | By 👏🏾 any 👏🏾 means 👏🏾 necessary! 💪🏾 | 0.8× | 0 | 992 | 84 | 2 |
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