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October 3, 2021
Auburn University professors and students launched a Facebook page to identify hundreds of people who were involved in the 1965…
A Pan-African flag flies from Black Lives Matter Plaza overlooking the White House
October 2, 2021
Juneteenth became a federal holiday after Biden signed an executive order. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey followed by making it a…
October 2, 2021
Alabama’s plan to use almost 20% of its American Rescue funds for prison construction drew criticism from some congressional Democrats.
September 26, 2021
The Alabama prison construction proposal calls for at least three new prisons and the treasury does not preapprove uses of…
Alabama Nannatt Waldrop thegrio.com
September 17, 2021
A mother in Alabama was taken into custody this week after she stepped on a school bus and allegedly assaulted…
Rosa Parks, theGrio.com
September 17, 2021
Ohio's Joyce Beatty and two of her colleagues in Congress want to make Dec. 1, the day Parks' arrest sparked…
Lashana Henderson thegrio.com
September 7, 2021
Lashana Henderson is being charged with capital murder for shooting and killing a man while holding her newborn baby.
August 29, 2021
Tuscaloosa police said the wreck occurred just after 11 p.m. Saturday. Robinson remained in the county jail Sunday morning on…
Dwayne Johnson Alabama cop thegrio.com
August 29, 2021
Alabama cop Eric Fields is often mistaken for former wrestler turned actor Dwayne Johnson and he finds the comparison flattering.
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August 25, 2021
Magic City Poetry Festival founder, 31-year-old Ashley M. Jones, has been named the first Black poet laureate for Alabama.
Panola Project Dorothy Oliver thegrio.com
August 19, 2021
Local entrepreneur Dorothy Oliver worked to convince almost her entire town of Panola, Alabama to get vaccinated using information and…
August 14, 2021
The Alabama State Board of Education vote was split along racial and party lines with Republicans voting to approve it…
August 11, 2021
"Madam President, I am so excited," said Sen. Cory Booker of the amendment vote, clapping his hands. "This is a…
July 20, 2021
During a city council meeting in Tarrant, AL, member Tommy Bryant asked those gathered in the room, “Do we have…
June 30, 2021
A new ad campaign launched Wednesday with relatives of men who unwittingly became part of the Tuskegee experiment wants to…
Wreckage from a fatal multiple-vehicle crash
June 25, 2021
Not only were children’s lives lost in the Alabama accident, they were more than likely minority victims of America’s broken…
June 20, 2021
The deaths occurred as rains pelted northern Alabama and Georgia late Saturday. As much as 12 inches of rain was…
Justin Tyran Roberts thegrio.com
June 15, 2021
Justin Tyran Roberts allegedly admitted to seeking out white men during a two-day attack in Alabama and Georgia.
June 1, 2021
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Keith Williams reportedly traveled from his airbase to Alabama and raped the child in her…
May 30, 2021
Camille Bennett, an Alabama activist, has experienced death threats for her campaign calling for the removal of a Confederate statue.