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June 20, 2019

Family of Stephon Clark reportedly comes to ‘verbal agreement’ to settle $20 million lawsuit

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June 20, 2019

Mother of NYC teacher who died in Dominican Republic says officials ‘lying’ about cause of death

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In this Oct. 6, 2008 file photo, Artist Kehinde Wiley attends the 2008 National Arts Awards presented by Americans For The Arts at Cipriani's 42nd St. in New York. Wiley will unveil in New York’s Time Square his first monumental public sculpture in response to Confederate sculptures throughout the U.S. Times Square Arts, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and Sean Kelly announced Thursday, June 20, 2019 that “Rumors of War” will feature a bronze sculpture of a young, African-American dressed in urban streetwear mounted atop a horse. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)
June 20, 2019

Kehinde Wiley to unveil sculpture in Times Square

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In this March 20, 2019 file photo Tamara Lanier attends a news conference near the Harvard Club, in New York. Lanier, of Norwich, Conn., is suing the Harvard University for "wrongful seizure, possession and expropriation" of images she says depict two of her ancestors. Descendants of a Harvard professor who commissioned a series of 1850 photos of slaves say they're backing the lawsuit against the university. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
June 20, 2019

Woman suing Harvard over slave portraits gets key support

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In this Wednesday, June 19, 2019 photo, South Bend Mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg shares a moment with Shirley Newbill, mother of Eric Logan, during a gun violence memorial at the Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center in South Bend, Ind. (Michael Caterina/South Bend Tribune via AP)
June 20, 2019

Police shooting of Black man poses Pete Buttigieg’s biggest 2020 challenge yet

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Crime scene thegrio.com
June 20, 2019

Grieving father displays photo Maleah Davis’ ‘My Little Pony’ casket after brutal murder by stepfather

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LaVar Ball thegrio.com
June 20, 2019

ESPN cancels LaVar Ball after suggestive comments to female hosts

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Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to local residents at Clinton Community College, Wednesday, June 12, 2019, in Clinton, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
June 20, 2019

Joe Biden refuses to apologize after segregationist comments and blasts Cory Booker for calling him out ‘He knows better’

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Actor Danny Glover, right, and author Ta-Nehisi Coates, left, testify about reparation for the descendants of slaves during a hearing before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
June 20, 2019

‘Why not now?’ Ta-Nehisi Coates and Danny Glover join lawmakers to debate slavery reparations

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Byron Allen thegrio.com
June 19, 2019

Byron Allen bringing The Weather Channel to Verizon Fios TV

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June 19, 2019

Lawmakers debate reparations for slavery: ‘We elected an African-American president’

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Cell phone video shows officers from the Phoenix Police Department the Ames family May 27, 2019. (GMA)
June 19, 2019

Phoenix Police Dept. releases surveillance video before officers pulled guns on Black family

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June 19, 2019

South L.A. police shooting of unarmed Black man prompts angry response from rapper The Game

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June 19, 2019

‘When They See Us’ star Blair Underwood reps new anti-bullying program and offers warning to naysayers like Linda Fairstein

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Alecia Johnson
June 19, 2019

Ex-Fort Valley State employee pleads guilty to leading prostitution ring

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