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New Hampshire TheGrio
A Washington, D.C.-based Chinese restaurant is under fire after a Black customer reported that he received a receipt for his food with the word n*gger typed at the top.
/ May 30, 2019
Classroom thegrio.com
The New York State Attorney General’s Office completed its investigation of an incident at a Bronxville, New York elementary school where students were made to act like slaves during a history lesson and found that the action “had a profoundly negative effect” on the children.
/ May 30, 2019
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
The pied piper of pettiness is at it again.This time 50 Cent, who is known for calling out folks on social media, has targeted his own Power castmate Rotimi and blasted him on Instagram saying the actor owes him $300,000 that he wants to be paid back now.
/ May 30, 2019
Government Shutdown
It’s the soundtrack of “Chocolate City,” the non-federal Washington that has traditionally been a tent pole of black America.Go-go music, a distinctive D.C.-specific offshoot of funk, has endured for decades through cultural shifts, fluctuations in popularity and law enforcement purges.Now go-go has taken on a new mantle: battle hymn for the fight against a gentrification wave that’s reshaping the city.
/ May 30, 2019
Brea Stinson
In this installment of Black Glam, celebrity hairstylist Johnny Wright sits down with costume designer, Brea Stinson to find out how she got her start.
/ May 29, 2019
Confederate
Researchers say anti-Black bias is more likely in areas like the Southern U.S., where the economy was dependent on slavery and thus an assumption of Black inferiority
/ May 29, 2019
Mourners remembered the life of Muhlaysia Booker, whose death has become a symbol of the dangers faced by people in the LGBTQ community
/ May 29, 2019