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March 15, 2023
Circuit Judge Richard Fields, who retired at 103 after a long career in the Charleston legal community, passed away on…
December 20, 2022
IAAM officials plan to review opening plans due to issues with the humidity and their building's temperature controls.
Coach Doc Rivers
October 4, 2022
Doc Rivers is at ease using his platform as an NBA coach to fight bigotry and racial injustice, campaign for politicians…
September 19, 2022
The American Heritage Association had filed a lawsuit opposing the removal of a Robert E. Lee Memorial Highway marker.
July 18, 2022
Nearly a decade after nine people were slain in a historic Black church, a new commission pushes for racial equity…
June 6, 2022
Black burial grounds in Charleston, South Carolina, will soon receive the long-overdue care and protection they need. 
May 20, 2022
The NAACP wants to stop future acts of anti-Black domestic terrorism using law enforcement, business regulation and gun control.
May 13, 2022
Volunteers with the Charleston chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America are on a mission to minimize excessive police stops.
October 28, 2021
Families of the victims killed in a racist attack at a Black South Carolina church have reached a settlement with…
August 26, 2021
A federal appeals court upheld Dylann Roof’s conviction and death sentence for the 2015 racist slayings of nine Black church…
August 4, 2021
"My mama was a great woman," shot putter Saunders wrote Tuesday to her Twitter followers, "and will forever live through…
Jamal Sutherland thegrio.com
July 27, 2021
The two Charleston detention officers who pepper-sprayed and tased a mentally ill Black man in his cell will not face…
June 3, 2021
For two minutes, retired Army Lt. Col. Barnard Kemter’s 11-minute speech was quieted in what he thought was a technical…
Wear Their Names Charleston Black thegrio.com
September 4, 2020
The recent deaths of Black people in the country have led to protests and are now the inspiration for 'Wear…
Ladson Elementary theGrio.com
June 16, 2020
A Charleston County School District employee was fired after making racist remarks about the Black Lives Matter movement on social…
June 2, 2020
A Black protestor in Charleston, South Carolina went viral when his heartfelt plea before he was arrested was widely disseminated.
May 12, 2020
Southern Charm's Kathryn Dennis is apologizing after she went on a racist rant against two women of color, including likening…
Charleston Police Car thegrio.com
January 21, 2019
[griojw id=”eZ2rvfFf” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   Charleston police have arrested a 35-year-old pastor after he allegedly strangled a pregnant woman, causing her
Jennifer Danielle Olajire-Aro thegrio.com
September 26, 2018
[griojw id=”gfEQfAJ5″ playerid=”x9J2bwvH”]   A South Carolina teacher who used her position to proposition a student and pressured him to
September 6, 2018
The memorials left after the hate-driven shooting that took the lives of nine Mother Emanuel worshippers will be saved at…