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Jacqueline Dixon thegrio.com
August 6, 2018
Jacqueline Dixon contends that her 44-year-old estranged husband Carl Omar Dixon charged at her in her driveway so she shot her spouse with a…
Trump meets with Black pastors thegrio.com
August 3, 2018
[griojw id=”dBZnAemd” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   The Rev. Van Moody, one of the black pastors who was heavily criticized for meeting with
Faya Rose Touré thegrio.com
August 2, 2018
[griojw id=”KRc3n4qU” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   Faya Rose Touré, a 73-year-old civil rights activist and former judge from Alabama, took the police on
August 1, 2018
[griojw id=”yeE6WiOG” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   A voter fraud investigation is underway in Alabama after a July 17 primary saw a surge
black woman pilot thegrio.com
July 26, 2018
An Alabama woman has made history as the first black female pilot in the state National Guard’s history.
Chikesia Clemons thegrio.com
July 24, 2018
Alabama native, Chikesia Clemons, learned for the second time since April that justice isn't always blind when it comes to…
Walter Carr walked nearly 20 miles to work and his boss gave him a car thegrio.com
July 18, 2018
Walter Carr soon learned that the comeback is always stronger than the setback, after an incredible ordeal earned him the
Arrielle Lashawn Parker-Jefferies thegrio.com
July 9, 2018
Alabama police are searching for suspects in the shooting death of 16-year-old Arrielle Lashawn Parker-Jefferies.
July 3, 2018
The Tuscaloosa Alabama alumni chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi said they were discriminated against and refused an opportunity to rent
Sit-in
May 21, 2018
An Alabama state superintendent righted a wrong that haunted civil rights protestors for nearly 60 years when he cleared the…
Hobby Lobby thegrio.com
May 18, 2018
Spurlock claims the manager refused to give him a refund on his most expensive purchase, which was defective.
Lynching Memorial
April 25, 2018
The nation’s first museum/memorial dedicated to the victims of lynchings is set to open in Montgomery, Ala. On Thursday and it offers…
Waffle House Arrest thegrio.com
April 25, 2018
Alabama Police are now saying that protocol was followed when a Black woman was thrown to the ground, and had…
Confederate statue in Alabama thegrio.com
April 18, 2018
[griojw id=”NQy0W98l” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey does not believe in letting bygones be bygones. The Hill reports that Ivey
LaKeith Smith thegrio.com
April 9, 2018
The conviction is the result of prosecutors charging Lakeith Smith under Alabama's accomplice liability law. The legislation allows for people…
Lyvia Robinson shooting thegrio.com
April 6, 2018
Lyvia Robinson was only 3 years old when police say she was killed in a drive-by shooting while standing in
Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Alabama thegrio.com
April 4, 2018
In the half-century since Martin Luther King's death, we've had a steady diet of history about this central figure in…
April 2, 2018
Charles Barkley, the basketball Hall of Famer best known for having a big game and bigger opinions, has decided to…
Alex Vildibill
March 27, 2018
AI.com reports that Police Officer Alex Vildibill invited himself to Ramsay High School’s cookout, a predominantly Black school because he wanted them to…
Sharpton
March 27, 2018
Kenneth Glasgow, the half-brother of civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton was arrested and charged with capital murder in the killing…