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Pamela Moses thegrio.com
February 4, 2022
Memphis activist Pamela Moses has been sentenced to six years and one day in prison for illegally registering to vote…
January 31, 2022
The Round Rock Black Parents Association is pushing back against Texas' attempt to restrict Black history teachings.
January 23, 2022
Billionaire MacKenzie Scott has wasted no time in sharing her fortune since divorcing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2019.
Sherrilyn Ifill
November 17, 2021
Sherrilyn Ifill will leave the NAACP Legal Defense Fund next year to write a book and do other things. Janai…
September 17, 2021
"Black people celebrating 'Black joy' and release from bondage does not automatically equate to a protest," wrote Judge Mark Walker.
Supreme Court thegrio.com
May 17, 2021
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund is investing in young civil rights lawyers through its Marshall-Motley Scholars Program.
Kristen Clarke x theGrio.com
May 13, 2021
Kristen Clarke, poised to make history as the first Black woman to lead the DOJ Civil Rights Division, faces opposition…
March 25, 2021
Senator John Cornyn wants to block Vanita Gupta from being confirmed as Associate Attorney General and Rachel Maddow thinks she…
January 18, 2021
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund launched a $40 million scholarship program on Monday to support a new generation of civil…
Sit-In Held At Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron's House
November 26, 2020
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund has issued a report on the Breonna Taylor case that says that justice was effectively…
October 1, 2020
James' voting rights organization More Than A Vote has recruited over 10,000 poll workers for its "We Got Next" campaign.
Snoop Dogg thegrio.com
July 16, 2020
Snoop Dogg has partnered up with Australian wine brand 19 Crimes to launch the delicious and affordable new bottle, Snoop…
Michael Jordan theGrio.com
May 4, 2020
Last night’s installment of the ESPN 'Last Dance' doc, Michael Jordan clear up a statement attributed to the star: “Republicans…
Sherrilyn Ifill
January 19, 2020
The train was general admission and was not full, Sherrilyn Ifill noted, yet the conductor steadfastly refused to allow her…
March 5, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's choice to head the Justice Department's civil rights division has failed a Senate test…