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May 30, 2023
Evangelisto Ramos won acquittal in a new trial after the Supreme Court said his earlier conviction by a nonunanimous jury…
March 15, 2023
Efforts by the majority-white Mississippi Legislature to create courts with appointed rather than elected judges and to expand patrols by…
January 4, 2023
The Bruce family acquired the deed to Bruce's Beach last year, 98 years after eminent domain was used to seize…
November 2, 2022
The Alabama Constitution, approved in 1901 to entrench white supremacy, still has language regarding segregated schools, poll taxes and bans…
October 2, 2022
A collection of 10,000 stereotype-defying images documenting Black life in Central Virginia will be on display at UVA.
July 2, 2022
The exhibition will run through Sunday, Sept. 25, in the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Exhibition Hall at the Two Mississippi…
June 20, 2022
Despite General Order No. 3, not all slaves in Texas were freed after June 19, 1865, due to restrictive laws…
May 19, 2022
Ohio's Colerain High School students were “issued significant disciplinary action” after posting a picture of the signs on social media.
February 26, 2022
Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia has begun to honor Black coachmen by naming a new carriage after one of them, hoping…
December 23, 2021
The city of Atlanta now acknowledges that several companies used slave labor to rebuild the city in the last
December 6, 2021
The 28-year-old Black man's kin and at least five neighbors dispute the shooter's account that King was trying to break…
Noose, theGrio.com
December 3, 2021
It’s useful to look back at “old days” to remind us how racism can lead not just to discrimination, but…
November 9, 2021
Joshua Halsey was one of possibly 250 victims of a massacre by white supremacists in November 1898, according to research…
October 23, 2021
The Michigan-Northwestern football game will now be held in honor of George Jewett, the first Black football player both schools'…
Robert E. Lee statue thegrio.com
October 17, 2021
"We can’t pinpoint exactly the cause and effect. But the association is clearly there,” said a research team member at…
September 26, 2021
A 25-year-old Colorado man is taking legal action after being racially discriminated against by staff at a restaurant in Estes…
theGRIO.com
September 5, 2021
On Candace Owens' show, Larry Elder argued in favor of reparations for slave owners whose legal 'property' was taken after…
Syracuse police officer Brandon Hanks
August 16, 2021
Syracuse police officer Brandon Hanks has filed a discrimination lawsuit against the city of Syracuse and the police department.
June 20, 2021
The director weaves archival footage from Gregory’s comedy sets with clips of Gregory getting beaten by cops and marching in…
June 7, 2021
Rep. Mondaire Jones had a sharp response to Sen. Joe Manchin's op-ed in which he explained the reason why he's…