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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is under fire for an ad depicting a Black student with crime scene tape around her neck. (TMJ4 News)
August 28, 2019

University removes ad with crime tape around Black student’s neck

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Black Church Fire thegrio.com
August 27, 2019

Catholic church paid Black abuse victims $235K LESS than white victims

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August 27, 2019

GOP presidential hopeful Joe Walsh: ‘I think we’re all a little bit racist’

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Kim Foxx thegrio
August 27, 2019

Prosecutor Kim Foxx teams with nonprofit to erase thousands of pot convictions in Cook County

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Popeyes theGrio.com
August 27, 2019

Teen who went viral for Popeyes voter registration idea now has bigger plans

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DeMarcus Cousins attends the 2014 ESPY Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on July 16, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by C Flanigan/Getty Images)
August 27, 2019

DeMarcus Cousins’ ex says he threatened to put a ‘bullet in [her] f*cking head’ if their son didn’t attend wedding

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gorilla thegrio.com
August 27, 2019

White news anchor insults Black co-host by saying zoo gorilla ‘Kind of looks like you’

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August 27, 2019

Althea Gibson, a tennis legend, honored with statue during first day of U.S. Open

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Joshua Dominic Bourgeois
August 27, 2019

Boyfriend charged in death of 22-year-old transgender woman

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Police Car thegrio.com
August 27, 2019

VIDEO: Black man arrested in his underwear in his own home after police receive false alarm

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PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 03: Adut Akech walks the runway during the Valentino Fall/Winter 2019 2020 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on July 03, 2019 in Paris, France. (Photo by Peter White/Getty Images) thegrio.com
August 27, 2019

Sudanese model slams magazine for mistaking her for another African model

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Viola Davis
August 27, 2019

Viola Davis will play Michelle Obama in Showtime series ‘First Ladies’

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racism thegrio.com
August 26, 2019

FBI investigating altered racist photo calling for ‘No Black people’ at Rio Americano High School

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Suge Knight
August 26, 2019

Here’s why Hasbro Toys now owns Death Row Records

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August 26, 2019

Student with nothing to lose asks Lil Uzi Vert to pay his tuition, rapper agrees

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