Black lives matter

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Jacob Blake thegrio.com
January 5, 2021
A Wisconsin prosecutor announced Tuesday that he will not file criminal charges against a white police officer who shot Jacob…
Gavel Money thgrio.com
January 3, 2021
Created in July, the Oregon Cares Fund that was meant to help Black people hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic,…
January 3, 2021
Unique Morgan Dunston has led protests since August against a Confederate monument on the court lawn in her all-white Alabama…
December 31, 2020
Sophia A. Nelson writes that while 2020 was a year of never-ending blows to Black America, we have the power…
Tamir Rice thegrio.com
December 29, 2020
The DOJ will not bring federal criminal charges against two Cleveland police officers in the 2014 killing of 12-year-old Tamir…
George Floyd Snow Sculpture www.theGrio.com
December 29, 2020
Quebec City artist, Timothee de Sandro, created a giant snow sculpture in recognition of George Floyd that took 60 hours…
Nikki Giovanni thegrio.com
December 29, 2020
The iconic poet Nikki Giovanni shares her thoughts on the election, BLM and discusses her new release ‘Male Me Rain’…
Breonna Taylor thegrio.com
December 26, 2020
Petitions calling for justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Elijah McClain and Ahmaud Arbery become Change.org's most-signed petitions.
Black Lives Matter Demonstrations In UK Continue Into The Weekend
December 21, 2020
The latest study published in the journal Pediatrics gives us the harsh reality that Black children face worse odds in…
December 17, 2020
A Black Texas family had their home vandalized with Trump 2020 spray painted on the garage door in response to…
December 17, 2020
The party was organized by ATL restaurant owners Ericka and William Platt and NBA star Stephen Jackson. Lil Baby funded…
police
December 17, 2020
After a year marked by police killings of Black men and women, some activists are taking aim at police tactics…
December 17, 2020
While some have contended he was trying to "make white people comfortable," the still-popular Obama says that wasn't the case.
December 14, 2020
As Minneapolis grieved, Leesa Kelly and Kenda Zellner-Smith found much-needed comfort in the messages that appeared on murals.
Pro-Trump Right Wing Groups Hold "Million MAGA March" To Protest Election Results
December 13, 2020
Pro-Trump demonstrators were seen on video ripping and setting fire to Black Lives Matter banners at two African American churches…
December 11, 2020
A second Louisville protester has been shot and killed following the death of local activist Travis Nagdy.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar thegrio.com
December 9, 2020
NBA Legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar stunned fans worldwide this week after revealing that he previously battled prostate cancer.
December 9, 2020
Minneapolis City Council members are voting Wednesday on whether to shrink the police department in response to George Floyd’s death.
Rev. Gregory Drumwright North Carolina Alamance County thegrio.com
December 2, 2020
A judge in Alamance County, North Carolina rejected a prosecutor’s demand that a pastor be banned on account of being…
December 2, 2020
Law enforcers are being taught that Black Lives Matter activists are terrorists, and some of its protesters are 'useful idiots.'