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California’s attorney general to review 2009 shooting of Oscar Grant

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Oscar Grant police shooting investigation will be reopened 10 years later

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Explosive Oscar Grant report reveals police called him n-word and punched him before fatal shooting

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On the 10th anniversary of his killing, Oscar Grant’s mother has turned her grief and pain into purpose

Ten years ago today, 22-year old, Oscar Grant III was fatally shot just hours into the new year by Oakland’s BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle. 
/ January 1, 2019
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‘Black Panther’ director Ryan Coogler went from living in his car to creating superheros because he personifies #blackexcellence

If Ryan Coogler isn’t your favorite director by now, then you just haven’t been paying attention. The 31-year-old breakout Marvel
/ February 23, 2018
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Critics of Vanity Fair’s Jordan and Coogler photo reveal black masculinity is still enslaved

“I doubt that Americans will ever be able to face the fact that the word ‘homosexual’ is not a noun.
/ March 8, 2016
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Jury rules against monetary damages for Oscar Grant's father

(AP) — A jury rejected a civil rights lawsuit on Tuesday filed by the father of an unarmed man who was shot and killed by a transit officer at a San Francisco Bay Area train station…
/ July 2, 2014
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Friends of Oscar Grant reach settlement in federal lawsuit

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Five friends of Oscar Grant, the man who was fatally shot by a San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer, have reached a deal to settle a federal lawsuit against the agency, officials said…
/ May 22, 2014
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Oprah Winfrey, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Forest Whitaker, Michael B. Jordan grace the cover of ESSENCE’s Hollywood Issue

theGRIO REPORT – ESSENCE magazine invited the biggest stars to celebrate the success of black cinema on the cover of their March 2014 collector’s issue.
/ February 6, 2014
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

theGrio’s 100: Michael B. Jordan, leading man of Hollywood’s new generation

theGRIO’s 100 – Michael B. Jordan had a breakout year in Hollywood starring in the critically acclaimed film ‘Fruitvale Station,’ and he’s just getting started…
/ February 4, 2014