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White Supremacist theGrio.com
December 28, 2019
James Harris Jackson openly confessed to police about how he used a Roman-style short sword to stab someone because he was a Black man.
Kanye West theGrio.com
December 28, 2019
Kanye West’s legal battle with EMI is revving up once again after the settlement talks between both sides have fallen apart.
Martial Martin
December 28, 2019
15-year-old Black-ish star Marsai Martin will produce a new film for Universal Pictures under a first-look deal with the company.
kwanzaa theGrio.com
December 28, 2019
Twitter tried to be culturally sensitive for the first day of Kwanzaa, but flubbed by posting a kinara with five candles short and the wrong colors.
Black Panther thegrio.com
December 28, 2019
White film director Terry Gilliam critiqued the movie ‘Black Panther’ and how it has misled millions of Black children with a false narrative about Africa.
Jussie Smollett thegrio.com
December 25, 2019
Jussie Smollett donated money to kids programs in Flint, Mich., while also organizing a backpack and Christmas toy drive for children.
Marshawn Lynch thegrio.com
December 25, 2019
“Happy holidays. Merry New Year. You all have a great day. It’s a great feeling to be back,” Marshawn Lynch said after a media appearance, reports say.
Crime scene thegrio.com
December 25, 2019
Des Moines Police Sgt. Paul Parizek said before the woman, Nicole Poole Franklin, hit the 14-year-old, she hit the 12-year-old Black boy by jumping a curb.
Police Car theGrio.com
December 25, 2019
The Grandview, Mo., Police were called to a home in the Kansas City metropolitan area at 9 p.m. Sunday when they found the body of Jaylen Blackmon, 20.
Barack Obama_thegrio
December 25, 2019
President Obama received an outpouring of well-wishes from Twitter fans, who let him know that his leadership was missed.
December 15, 2019
Two teenagers, both from Marietta, Georgia were arrested after a shooting left one person injured and shoppers ducking for safety at Atlanta’s Cumberland Mall last Saturday.
December 15, 2019
Social media messages went crazy during Saturday’s annual Army-Navy football game as cadets were spotted using upside-down “OK” hand gestures associated with the movements of white nationalists.
December 15, 2019
James “Radio” Kennedy, who inspired the Hollywood blockbuster Radio starring Cuba Gooding Jr., has died at the age of 73.
JAY Z Diddy theGrio.com
December 15, 2019
Sean “Diddy” Combs celebrated his 50th birthday with a lavish party, bringing Jay-Z and Kanye West in the same room, sparking worldwide fans to remember their feud that has lasted for years.
Wells Fargo Bank thegrio.com
December 15, 2019
A Wells Fargo employee in North Carolina has been accused by federal authorities of stealing over $88,000 cash from a bank vault and then posting the cash on Facebook.
Pete Buttigieg
December 5, 2019
A demonstrator tried to shout down a local forum in South Bend, Ind., aimed at countering the narrative that Mayor Pete Buttigieg had little Black support
December 5, 2019
The Statue of Liberty was once thought to be built to herald new immigrants, but it was actually built to celebrate the end of slavery, its museum says
December 5, 2019
Billy Dee Williams was thought to be out as ‘gender fluid’ from an Esquire magazine interview but more recently said he doesn’t even know what it means
Maryland
December 5, 2019
#Livingwhileblack: A Maryland apartment dweller was suspected of being a robber by a white woman who tried to block her from leaving her apartment
December 5, 2019
Michelle Obama expresses her concerns about the potential success of her 2019 memoir, “Becoming, ” and book tour saying she doesn’t feel like a rockstar.