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December 14, 2021
The only Black juror that convicted Jussie Smollett said he couldn’t get past what the actor said he did with…
Anjanette Young
December 14, 2021
The City Council's Finance Committee unanimously approved a settlement for Young over a wrongful police raid that left her naked…
December 13, 2021
The juror told The Chicago Sun-Times that in the end, the jury of six women and six men "all thought…
December 13, 2021
Amy Cooper notoriously called police and made false claims against Central Park bird watcher Christian Cooper, a Black man, in…
December 10, 2021
There were reportedly 70,000 fans in attendance for West's $10 million production, livestreamed to over 240 countries and territories.
December 10, 2021
A Chicago jury deliberated for more than nine hours before returning the Smollett verdict: guilty of five of the six…
December 9, 2021
Dan Webb is getting backlash for his use of an expression that's widely interpreted to be racially insensitive.
December 8, 2021
A prosecutor told jurors that there is “overwhelming evidence” that former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett staged an attack against himself.
Actor Jussie Smollett Continues His Testimony In Hate Crime Trial In Chicago
December 7, 2021
Jussie Smollett took the stand in his own defense on Tuesday morning and stopped the prosecutor from using the N-word.
December 7, 2021
A private memorial service for Abloh, the visionary fashion designer, was held Monday at Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art.
Jelani Day thegrio.com
December 6, 2021
Famed civil rights attorney Ben Crump is demanding that the FBI take full control over the investigation into the death…
December 6, 2021
Jussie Smollett took the witness stand Monday at his trial on charges of staging a racist, anti-gay attack on himself…
December 4, 2021
Marilyn Jackson will start Jan. 17, 2022, which is not only Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but would have been…
December 4, 2021
After a three-day presentation of evidence, jury is expected to begin deliberations by Tuesday in a trial for actor Jussie…
Anjanette Young www.theGrio.com
December 2, 2021
Anjanette Young described how she had come in from work, poured a glass of wine and was about to settle…
November 29, 2021
Two brothers stand at the center of the case that prosecutors will lay before jurors when the trial of Jussie…
November 28, 2021
Lamar Roach Jr., the 3-year-old nephew of fashion stylist Law Roach, has died after reportedly falling out of a 17th…
November 28, 2021
Nearly three years later, Smollett is about to stand trial on charges that he staged his attack in Chicago.
November 24, 2021
The Chicago home of Emmett Till and his mother Mamie Till-Mobley could receive massive funding to renovate the property.
November 23, 2021
The foundation shared the news early Monday and called Bezos' gift "the largest individual contribution received to date."