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In this Saturday, April 23, 2016 photo, members of the Ku Klux Klan participate in cross burnings after a "white pride" rally in rural Paulding County near Cedar Town, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) thegrio.com
August 7, 2019
Two men were convicted of burning a cross to intimidate the residents of a predominantly Black section of a Mississippi…
August 3, 2019
The lawsuit led by former AG Eric Holder would dismantle rules that require candidates to win over more than half…
August 1, 2019
The attorney of David Logan is accusing law enforcement in Mississippi of a brutal police beating at a driver's license…
Police Car thegrio.com
July 31, 2019
An intense scuffle between a Black motorist and two Mississippi Highway Patrol officers was caught on video after the troopers…
Emmett Till TheGrio
July 26, 2019
After an investigative report revealed three individuals posing at a memorial sign for the slain teenager, the University of Mississippi…
Yale
July 19, 2019
A sad and troubling story comes out of Mississippi involving a candidate running for a seat in the state House
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July 1, 2019
Cedric Willis who had been exonerated in 2006, for crimes he didn't commit and was working as a motivational speaker,…
Police Car thegrio.com
June 27, 2019
The killing of Frederick McCray Jr., a teacher in Natchez, Miss., while giving two suspects a ride to a location…
June 21, 2019
The Supreme Court threw out the murder conviction for a Black man in Mississippi because of a prosecutor's efforts to…
R Kelly
June 18, 2019
Already knee deep in criminal charges, R Kelly is now being accused of ruining the marriage of a former sheriffs…
June 5, 2019
The pistol-packing granny who pulled a gun out on a Black couple at a Mississippi lake not only lost her…
May 29, 2019
In yet another eye-popping #LivingWhileBlack encounter, a white woman who served as a campground manager in Mississippi pulled a pistol…
Clarksdale
May 22, 2019
Clarksdale, Miss. Mayor Chuck Espy is so serious about getting drug dealers and gangbangers out of his city that he's…
N-word
May 21, 2019
A furniture store merchant admits he used the n-word with people in his store and insists that he was justified…
May 19, 2019
Five Black women have accused management of using tactics based on their race to keep them from being successful exotic…
Storms
April 19, 2019
Thousands are left without power as rough spring weather sweeps through the region causing fatalities and damaging property in Georgia,…
Tornadoes
April 15, 2019
Areas of Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Georgia were hit by a series of tornadoes that caused fatalities and injuries and…
Mississippi
April 12, 2019
More images buried in the past of politicians linked to blackface images have been revealed, this time with a Mississippi…
March 14, 2019
In an exclusive interview with theGrio, Fannie Lou Hamer's daughter celebrates her mother on the 42nd anniversary of the civil…
Confederate Flag
January 18, 2019
Mississippi police have been accused of causing injuries during the arrest of a man on misdemeanor charges that ultimately led