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Dijon "Chase" Walker is on life support after being shot in the head in Chicago. (Walker/Chicago Tribune) thegrio.com
February 8, 2019

Chicago grandfather devastated after baby boy is shot in the head in SUV ‘He’s on life support and it doesn’t look good’

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February 8, 2019

Kurtis Blow wants to pray with Virginia AG who wore blackface to look like him ‘It’s going to take love to conquer hate and racism’

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February 8, 2019

Black History: Frank Robinson, baseball’s fearsome trailblazer, dies at 83

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Kamala Harris thegrio.com
February 8, 2019

Kamala Harris to place deputy political director in South Carolina for presidential campaign

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Joycelyn Davis, a direct descendant of Clotilda survivor Charlie Lewis,stands for a portrait at the community center in Africatown in Mobile, Ala., on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019. Davis is is organizing the "Spirit of Our Ancestors" festival, a reunion for descendants of Clotilda survivors. “I am so proud to say I am a descendant. That wasn’t a word that I used maybe 10, 15 years ago,” said Davis, 42, a sixth-generation granddaughter of African captive Charlie Lewis. “It was shameful as a child.” (AP Photo/Julie Bennett) thegrio.com
February 8, 2019

Black History: Descendants from last US slave ship gathering in Alabama

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Lena Waithe/ Ben Cory Jones
February 8, 2019

PHOTOS: Here’s what you missed at the MACRO Lodge at Sundance

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
February 8, 2019

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez doc ‘Knock Down the House’ finds home at Netflix

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February 7, 2019

Racist yearbook photos & slurs, another day in Virginia politics

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Andrew Clyde Swofford thegrio
February 7, 2019

Nope! Black college student moves after finding white man hiding in her closet

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Howard University thegrio.com
February 7, 2019

Black church gifts Howard University with $100,000 to help seniors pay off tuition and fees

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Martial Martin
February 7, 2019

GIRL GENIUS: 14-year-old ‘black-ish’ star Marsai Martin inks first-look deal with Universal

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Gabrielle Union thegrio.com
February 7, 2019

Gabrielle Union on potential cameos from Will Smith and Martin Lawrence on ‘LA’s Finest’: It would be awesome”

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The Game thegrio.com
February 7, 2019

The Game drags Tomi Lahren all across the internet using her pre-plastic surgery photo

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Pennsylvania
February 7, 2019

Pennsylvania school official says four students suspended after a violent brawl, defends officers involved

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February 7, 2019

2019 Makers Conference brings attention to the many challenges facing women in prison

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