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John Lewis thegrio.com
August 29, 2022
There's now a historic marker at the one-story brick house in Alabama where the late civil rights leader and Georgia Congressman John Lewis grew…
August 27, 2022
Auburn announced Friday that Greene had informed President Christopher Roberts of his decision this week, citing professional reasons.
Alabama pastor arrested
August 25, 2022
An Alabama pastor is said to have suffered emotional damage after he was allegedly racially profiled while water his neighbor's…
August 18, 2022
The Lawrence County Republican Party has apologized after the new chairman posted a picture of the GOP elephant that depicted…
August 7, 2022
Vincent Mayor James Latimore announced that Police Chief James Srygley and Assistant Chief John L. Goss had been dismissed.
July 31, 2022
Alabama’s prison system said Friday that the execution Joe Nathan James Jr. was delayed because of the time it took…
July 27, 2022
The oldest living member of the largest all-Black, all-female group to serve in World War II was honored for her…
July 13, 2022
Alabama State University, Stillman College, Miles College, Alabama A&M University and Selma University will each get $500,000 for repairs.
July 11, 2022
The descendants of the enslaved people aboard the Clotilda held a ceremony in Africa Town, Alabama, to mark the anniversary of…
July 8, 2022
This week, the Justice Department announced a desegregation case settlement with the Madison County School Board in north Alabama.
Holman Correctional Facility (Atmore, Ala.), theGrio Staff
July 1, 2022
While state officials blamed the result on a volatile market, a group of activists and impact investors had urged buyers…
June 29, 2022
"We've been able to do a lot with a little," said one, "and I think folks are accustomed to seeing…
June 24, 2022
Mayor Johnny Hammock is calling for a probe of Tallassee Police and the immediate termination of the offending officer.
June 12, 2022
The film "Quiet Pioneer: The Wilbur Jackson Story" tells the story of Wilbur Jackson, the first Black scholarship football player…
June 11, 2022
The Milbank Memorial Fund is apologizing to descendants of Tuskegee experiment victims for its racist role in the deadly study.
May 28, 2022
HBCU SpringComing has been in New York the past seven years and moved to the Deep South for the first…
May 23, 2022
Here's what to watch in Tuesday’s 2022 primary elections in Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Texas and Minnesota.
May 20, 2022
The NAACP wants to stop future acts of anti-Black domestic terrorism using law enforcement, business regulation and gun control.
May 16, 2022
Several states have shown no appetite to question or investigate the schools, the contracts or the third-party groups orchestrating them.
Curtis Means. theGrio.com
May 12, 2022
Curtis Means, the world's earliest surviving “micropreemie,” is now teething and tooling around the house in his walker.