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August 2, 2019
A 28-year-old belligerent white man was looking for trouble and found it at the end of a Black man’s fist.
August 1, 2019
Aftershocks from the widespread college admissions scandal reveal that one girl pretended to be African American on her applications and…
Caroline Rush (L) and Naomi Campbell attend The Fashion Awards 2019 and Fashion For Relief special announcement at The Ritz on June 24, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images)
July 31, 2019
Iconic model Naomi Campbell states she was denied access to a Paris hotel due to the color of her skin.Campbell…
A screenshot taken on Thursday Feb.7, 2019 from an online fashion outlet showing a Gucci turtleneck black wool balaclava sweater for sale, that they recently pulled from its online and physical stores. Gucci has apologized for the wool sweater that resembled a "blackface" and said the item had been removed from its online and physical stores, the latest case of an Italian fashion house having to apologize for cultural or racial insensitivity. (AP Photo) thegrio.com
July 31, 2019
Gucci has tapped the talent of a Black executive who will take over as its diversity chief, following widespread criticism…
(Michael Snyder/Northwest Florida Daily News via AP)
July 31, 2019
Two Miami International Airport TSA workers have been suspended after being accused of engaging in a racist prank by tying…
President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media with Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, July 12, 2019, before Trump boards Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md. and then on to Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
July 31, 2019
When President Donald Trump drew widespread condemnation for describing a majority-black congressional district as a "rat and rodent infested mess"…
President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media with Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, July 12, 2019, before Trump boards Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md. and then on to Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
July 30, 2019
Virginia's black state lawmakers announced Monday that they will boycott a ceremony this week commemorating the beginnings of American democracy…
A boy rides his bicycle after volunteering to paint a mural outside the New Song Community Church in the Sandtown section of Baltimore. In the latest rhetorical shot at lawmakers of color, President Donald Trump over the weekend vilified Cummings' majority-black Baltimore district as a "disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess" where "no human being would want to live." (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
July 30, 2019
As Latoya Peoples painted a mural with high school-age students Monday in Baltimore, she was determined not to let President
Black Rag Doll
July 28, 2019
New Jersey state legislator Angela McKnight discovered the dolls at a store in Bayonne, N.J., and found them "offensive and…
Emmett Till thegrio.com
July 27, 2019
The Emmett Till Memorial Commission plans to replace the current 50-pound marker of the place the young man's body was…
July 25, 2019
The Fox News poll also says that a majority of participants, feel that President Trump went too far in his…
A general view of one of the many gates to the Harvard University Campus in the Boston suburb of Cambridge on August 31, 2018 in Boston MA. (Photo by Paul Marotta/Getty Images)
July 24, 2019
The Harvard Law students say their classmate taunted them with text messages about "not belonging" but also that school administrators…
Cathy-Marie Hamlet
July 24, 2019
Angry Orchard has fired the manager and several employees who harassed a Black couple and wrongly accused them of stealing…
July 23, 2019
Talk show host Rush Limbaugh, on Monday falsely stated on his show that Sen. Kamala Harris and former president, Barack Obama are…
Cathy-Marie Hamlet
July 23, 2019
A Black woman says her special moment was ruined when an Angry Orchard security guard interrupted her fiancée in the…
Crowd of men and armed National Guard in front of the Ogden Cafe during the race riots in Chicago, Illinois, 1919.
July 23, 2019
America in the summer of 1919 ran red with blood from racial violence, and yet today, 100 years later, not…
Future thegrio.com
July 22, 2019
Future's bodyguard was knocked out and a source close to the rapper told TMZ it was a racially-motivated attack.
Georgia State Rep Erica Thomas holds press conference about Eric Sparkes' verbal assault at Publix. (WSB-TV)
July 22, 2019
Georgia State Rep. Erica Thomas held a press conference at the State Capitol to stand by her story and dispute…
July 21, 2019
After video of white man racial abuse in a Publix line, Georgia State Rep. Erica Thomas confronted the man in…
July 19, 2019
NYC’s annual Afro-Latino Festival has emerged to give people who descend from throughout Latin America a chance to learn and…