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August 13, 2022

Developer finds human remains near Nashville Civil War fort

The fort, built by runaway slaves and freed Black people for the Union, has recently become a flashpoint in Nashville’s…
August 27, 2015

Nick Gordon reportedly paid $40,000 for emotional Bobbi Kristina graveside photo

Nick Gordon was reportedly paid $40K for photos from Bobbi Kristina's gravesite.
August 25, 2015

Nick Gordon visits Bobbi Kristina Brown's gravesite 3 weeks after her death

Three weeks after the death of Bobbi Kristina Brown, Nick Gordon, her boyfriend, was able to visit her gravesite.
June 2, 2015

Man sues after he discovers wife's coffin washed away because of flooding

theGRIO REPORT - Richard Lee got a surprising phone call this week. A deacon at his church was calling to…
December 5, 2012

Forgotten graves at University of Virginia likely belonged to black slaves

theGRIO REPORT - Although the graves have not been officially confirmed as holding the remains of black slaves, the university…
March 20, 2012

Ernie Davis: First black Heisman Trophy winner's gravesite robbed

ELMIRA, N.Y. (AP) - Officials at an upstate New York cemetery say someone keeps stealing a football from the grave…
January 25, 2012

African-American slave cemeteries plowed over for spillway to be restored near New Orleans

theGRIO REPORT - Two cemeteries that had been dedicated to the burial of African-American slaves and their descendants were plowed…