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Zendaya Tommy thegrio.com
Zendaya’s new Tommy Hilfiger line had a fashion show that included a cast of 59 black models, including music icon Grace Jones.
/ March 3, 2019
dreadlocks thegrio.com
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the EEOC lawsuit. Now it is legal to refuse to hire someone who has dreadlocks.
/ March 3, 2019
Stephon Clark
AP reports that prosecutors will not file charges against the two police officers who shot Stephon Clark to death last year.
/ March 2, 2019
Betty Shelby thegrio.com
The white police officer who fatally shot Terence Crutcher, an unarmed Black man, in Tulsa in 2016 will not face federal civil rights charges.
/ March 2, 2019
Carbon monoxide detector thegrio.com
Two deaths at a predominantly Black housing complex in South Carolina has drawn attention to the fact that HUD doesn’t require carbon monoxide detectors.
/ March 2, 2019
Young Dolph thegrio.com
Rapper Young Dolph had almost $500,000 in jewelry and cash taken from his car while he was having lunch at a Cracker Barrel outside of Atlanta.
/ March 2, 2019
Peter Thomas thegrio.com
Former “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Peter Thomas spent the night in jail in Miami on a pending warrant for check fraud.
/ March 2, 2019