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Jackie Robinson thegrio.com
January 30, 2022
Major League Baseball has helped replace a Jackie Robinson memorial marker that was shot repeatedly by vandals in early 2021.
January 28, 2022
Flowers, an Army veteran who has worked for the Department of Defense, is running to defeat Marjorie Taylor Greene in…
Kendrick Johnson death investigation lawsuit
January 27, 2022
"This is how you roll in Valdosta," the dead teen's mother, Jaqueline Johnson, said of the Lowndes County Sheriff's new…
January 26, 2022
Dequasie Little was taken into custody in the nearby suburb of Decatur less than 24 hours after Grayson Fleming's killing.
January 26, 2022
The Black Men's Research Institute “will fill a void in research, scholarship, curriculum, and public engagement," a college chair said.
Cardi B thegrio.com
January 25, 2022
Latasha Kebe must pay Cardi B $1.25 million in damages, and may have to fork over legal fees or additional…
Curtis Keith Bankston and Sophia Simm-Bankston thegrio.com
January 24, 2022
Authorities have accused a Georgia pastor and his wife of essentially holding eight people with disabilities against their will.
January 22, 2022
Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau CEO William Pate said he expects a stronger rebound in business and group travel this…
Fani Willis
January 20, 2022
Fulton County DA Fani Willis said her office received information "indicating a reasonable probability" of "criminal disruptions.”
Everton Blair, candidate for Georgia State School Superintendent
January 18, 2022
If elected, Everton would be the first Black, youngest-ever and first openly gay school superintendent in the Peach State's history.
January 18, 2022
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex bought lunch for volunteers and staff at The King Center in Atlanta to celebrate…
January 15, 2022
Atlanta is opening two additional warming centers to community members amid winter storm warnings that were issued to areas of…
January 13, 2022
County Sheriff's Deputy Paul Urhahn posted on Facebook: "That criminal Arbery still got the death penalty though."
January 12, 2022
The Home Depot Foundation said it will give $1 million to the Atlanta-based National Center for Civil and Human Rights.
voting rights theGrio
January 12, 2022
This is President Biden’s moment to cement his legacy in history, particularly at a time when the nation needs him…
January 11, 2022
Four decades of pent-up emotion were unleashed Monday night as the Bulldogs snapped a national championship drought by vanquishing Alabama.
January 8, 2022
Sentenced to life in prison for murder, the three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery will soon stand…
Wanda Cooper-Jones Arbery thegrio.com
January 7, 2022
Ahmaud Arbery’s mother delivered a tearful victim’s impact statement at the sentencing of the three men found guilty in her…
January 7, 2022
Three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery were sentenced to life in prison, with a judge denying parole…
January 6, 2022
A now-dead suspect has finally been identified by police in the 1995 rape and murder of Smith, a 14-year-old Atlanta…