About Michael Harriot

Michael Harriot is a writer, cultural critic and championship-level Spades player. His NY Times bestseller Black AF History: The Unwhitewashed Story of America is available in bookstores everywhere.

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June 21, 2024
OPINION: TheGrio’s Black Music Month “Ever Wonder” series dives into the backstory of “Billie Jean."
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June 19, 2024
OPINION: In the freedom-inspired spirit of Juneteenth, here are 5 suggestions for anyone truly interested in Making America Great
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June 17, 2024
Defunding the only state-approved Black history course exposes the endgame to the pro-white conservative agenda.
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June 11, 2024
OPINION: TheGrio’s Black Music Month “Ever Wonder” series imagines the other side of Black music’s most iconic songs. Today, we…
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June 7, 2024
We fact-checked Republican Byron Donalds' claims about Black families, conservative values and progress during Jim Crow. Here's what we found.
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June 4, 2024
TheGrio’s “Ever Wonder” series imagines the other side of Black music’s most iconic songs. Today, Tyrone tells his side of…
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Demonstrators picket in front of a school board office protesting segregation of students. (Photo by National Archive/Newsmakers)
May 17, 2024
After 70 years, enough time has passed to learn the unwhitewashed history of the Supreme Court's landmark desegregation case.
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April 29, 2024
The growing Christian nationalist Redoubt movement is just the latest example in a long history of plans to make America…