Black people have to be selective about who they welcome into the fold. Nothing ruins a gathering more than guests who don't respect the hosts. An "invite to the cookout" has come to represent the ...

Four months after a white woman nicknamed “BBQ Becky” called police on a group of black people enjoying a cookout in an Oakland, Calif., park, officials have released dramatic 911 audio from ...

“The hope is to grow the Cookout in Miami to be at ... but it really represents the people of that region,” Johnson said. Finding Black women chefs to lead restaurants isn’t as much of ...

I have conducted decades of research on cookout etiquette and their significance to Black folks. Cookouts mark time, people, and space. We take record of who attends and who is no longer with us.