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February 10, 2023
Opal Lee, known as the “grandmother of Juneteenth,“ became on Wednesday only the second Black person whose portrait will hang…
October 27, 2022
A judge has sided with Richmond officials in a lawsuit over whether the Virginia city can remove a final Confederate monument and…
September 14, 2022
An independent commission is recommending that the Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery be dismantled and taken down.
September 2, 2022
Mastriano is running for the highest office in the Commonwealth, and he has proven to be the most dangerous nominee…
August 11, 2022
Renaming nine U.S. Army posts that honor confederate officers would cost a total of $21 million, according to an independent…
June 5, 2022
Louisiana lawmakers on Friday approved the removal of multiple holidays that celebrate the Confederacy from the state’s official list.
May 25, 2022
New suggestions include renaming Fort Lee, named after Robert E. Lee, as Fort Gregg-Adams, after two Black army veterans.
A Pan-African flag flies from Black Lives Matter Plaza overlooking the White House
March 5, 2022
In recent years, the Confederate Memorial Day celebration at the Statehouse has attracted a few dozen people who raise a…
February 6, 2022
Evelyn England worked for 12 years at the First White House of the Confederacy. She said Black and white visitors…
December 18, 2021
The school says the Ole Miss nickname, used by enslaved people to refer to a plantation owner’s wife, came from…
December 5, 2021
Tim Gilbert had been serving prison time in Tennessee for an alleged December 2018 assault that a three-judge panel ordered…
Matt James Bachelor thegrio.com
September 25, 2021
Matt James is speaking out about his journey as the first Black 'Bachelor,' claiming he felt pressured to pick a…
June 30, 2021
The House voted to approve a bill that would remove from the Capitol a bust of Roger Taney, as well…
Confederate General Robert E. Lee theGrio.com
May 27, 2021
The Southern Poverty Law Center has released new data revealing 64 additional confederate symbols associated with the US military.
Democratic Leadership Of Virginia Surrounded In Controvesy After Racists Photos And Sexual Assault Allegations Surface
April 6, 2021
A group calling themselves White Lies Matter is holding a stolen Confederate statue for ransom unless their demands are met.
April 3, 2021
The movement to remove Confederate monuments became part of the national reckoning over racial injustice following George Floyd’s death.
March 9, 2021
The University of Texas song 'Eyes of Texas' is here to stay following a push by athletes for it to…
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 21, 2020
A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that has represented Virginia in the U.S. Capitol for 111 years has…
June 26, 2020
The mayor of a small town in Mississippi says that change has been a long time coming as he signed…