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RaShall Brackney

Discrimination lawsuit filed by Charlottesville’s first Black female police chief thrown out

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Nikuyah Walker, theGrio.com

Charlottesville mayor says critics missed message of her poem comparing city to rapist

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Arizona lawmaker shares white nationalist motto on Twitter

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S. Lee Merritt thegrio

Living in Trump’s America, Civil Rights attorney Lee Merritt struggled with the decision to buy his first gun

Attorney Lee Merritt explains how he’s learned to balance a disdain for guns with what appears to be a rather large target on his back.
/ May 2, 2019
Charlottesville - James Alex Fields Jr thegrio.com

Suspect in 2017 Charlottesville, Virginia car attack indicted by grand jury

The suspect behind last summer’s deadly vehicle incident in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been indicted by a grand jury on federal hate crime charges.
/ June 28, 2018
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

We don’t need ‘White Love’ in the fight for Black liberation

Love as the vehicle to see one’s humanity is a dangerous lens to operate from, especially when it comes at the expense of the oppressed.
/ August 14, 2017
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Twitter pressures Trump to #FireBannon amid Charlottesville hate

Many people on Twitter and social media are calling for Steve Bannon’s resignation.
/ August 14, 2017
Charlottesville Unite the Right Rally thegrio.com

Deandre Harris, 20, severely beaten by white supremacists

One of the victims of the race riot on Saturday during a “Unite the Right” rally in Virginia speaks out to tell the story of how he was badly beaten.
/ August 14, 2017
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Trump gets second try on Charlottesville: ‘Racism is evil’

WASHINGTON (AP) — Under pressure all weekend, President Donald Trump on Monday named and condemned hate groups as “repugnant” and […]
/ August 14, 2017
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

White nationalists are being outed on Twitter, one loses his job

A Twitter account known as “Yes, You’re Racist” is exposing white nationalists who participated in the deadly “Unite the Right” protests this weekend.
/ August 14, 2017