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Andrew Johnson thegrio.com
January 10, 2019
Andrew Johnson, the Black New Jersey high school wrestler who went viral for being forced to cut his dreadlocks at a match, is still reportedly being targeted for his hair.
Tim and JonJelyn Savage thegrio.com
January 10, 2019
The parents of Joycelyn Savage, one of the women who according to the ‘Surviving R. Kelly’ docuseries is being held captive by R. Kelly in a sex slave compound, spoke out Wednesday to plead with the R&B singer to release her.
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
January 10, 2019
A mom in Texas is fighting against her six-year-old son’s school after learning that he was ordered by administrators to cut his dreadlocks off.
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
January 10, 2019
Parents of students at a South African school were incensed when they saw a picture showing their Black children sitting segregated from white students in class.
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
January 10, 2019
A Texas student has been punished after hanging a noose from a staircase last month, district administrators said on Wednesday.
Lady Gaga theGrio.com
January 10, 2019
After coming under fire for her silence on the R. Kelly docuseries, Lady Gaga is now apologizing for teaming up with the embattled R&B singer.
Police Car thegrio.com
January 10, 2019
The Portland man who was shot and killed by police on Sunday was said to be struggling with a mental illness and was legally blind, his family says.
Kroger Teen Profile thegrio.com
January 9, 2019
Kroger supermarket manger accused of profiling Black teens, then calling the cops on them after determining “they looked like they could be shoplifters.”
R.Kelly thegrio
January 9, 2019
R. Kelly’s Chicago attorney Steve Greenberg made his rounds doing damage control to defend the disgraced singer against countless sexual abuse claims.
Jameek Lowery
January 9, 2019
The family of Jameek Lowery, who said he was ‘paranoid’ as he asked police for help want to know why he died when he was taken to a hospital
Uber thegrio.com
January 9, 2019
A Black woman in Iowa is outraged after getting into a verbal confrontation with an Uber driver who called her a n*gger, and went on a racist tirade just because he couldn’t follow directions to her destination.
Andrea Kelly thegrio.com
January 9, 2019
Andrea Kelly, the ex-wife of R. Kelly, who recently appeared in an explosive Lifetime docu-series about her ex, took to Instagram to continue telling her side of the story.
Pastor John Gray
January 9, 2019
Rumors swirl about the Pastor John Gray and his lavish gift for his wife after an admission of infidelity
Lucy McBath thegrio.com
January 9, 2019
The Georgia lawmaker has turned her grief into possible new legislation to address the very thing that killed her son years ago
Jazmine Barnes thegrio.com
January 8, 2019
The death of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes was not the result of a hate crime, as earlier thought, but a conflict between completely unrelated parties
Police_thegrio
January 8, 2019
Two Mississippi sisters are in police custody after being charged for the fatal stabbing and killing their mother on Friday.
Amendment 4 thegrio.com
January 8, 2019
Before the most recent election, ex-cons could not vote after paying their debt to society, but that’s now changed for one in four Black Floridians
Angela Davis
January 8, 2019
Although she won’t be receiving the earlier planned honor from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, human rights icon Angela Davis will be in Birmingham
Restaurant
January 8, 2019
The person doing the recording at the Detroit restaurant was the son of the owner, who was fired for his homophobic actions
Ed Buck Gemmel Moore thegrio.com
January 8, 2019
Monday night, protesters swarmed to the home of prominent Los Angeles Democratic donor Ed Buck, to demand his arrest after a Black man was found dead for the second time in 18 months at his West Hollywood apartment.