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California's attorney general says they will conduct a review of Officer Anthony Pirone's actions in Oscar Grant's 2009 death.
The BART officer who killed the 22-year-old Grant in 2009 was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and served only 11 months…
An explosive report about the 2009 murder of Oscar Grant reveals the harrowing moments that led up to the fatal
Ten years ago today, 22-year old, Oscar Grant III was fatally shot just hours into the new year by Oakland's BART Police…
If Ryan Coogler isn’t your favorite director by now, then you just haven’t been paying attention. The 31-year-old breakout Marvel
“I doubt that Americans will ever be able to face the fact that the word ‘homosexual’ is not a noun.
(AP) — A jury rejected a civil rights lawsuit on Tuesday filed by the father of an unarmed man who…
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Five friends of Oscar Grant, the man who was fatally shot by a San Francisco Bay…
theGRIO REPORT - ESSENCE magazine invited the biggest stars to celebrate the success of black cinema on the cover of…
theGRIO's 100 - Michael B. Jordan had a breakout year in Hollywood starring in the critically acclaimed film ‘Fruitvale Station,'…
theGRIO'S 100 - Ryan Coogler is a writer and director whose first feature, 'Fruitvale Station', chronicles the last 24 hours…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a year rich with black-oriented films, nominees for the NAACP Image Awards include '12 Years…
VIDEO - In this exclusive clip, culled from the DVD's special features, one of the film's stars, Octavia Spencer, joins…
theGRIO SLIDESHOW - Take a trip down memory lane we recognize the 10 biggest stories of the year in black…
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The creative assemblages will be awarded at a Jan. 10 luncheon in Los Angeles...
theGRIO REPORT - 12 Years a Slave has largely been viewed as the film to beat in this year's awards…
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Film Critics Circle named 'American Hustle' the best film of 2013, giving David…
theGRIO REPORT - Oprah Winfrey, Octavia Spencer, and Lupita Nyong'o are among the six actresses chosen for The Hollywood Reporter's…
NEW YORK (AP) - A wave of high-profile films about black people receives accolades. A heart-warming trend of greater on-screen…
theGRIO REPORT - Fruitvale Station, the dramatic re-telling of the last night of Oscar Grant's life, has been a major…