Slavery

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Mohamed Tourne, Denise Cros-Toure thegrio.com
January 10, 2019
A young African woman is finally getting to tell her story after a wealthy Dallas couple was arrested on suspicion…
December 18, 2018
The slavery reparations discussion has been reignited thanks to a new report by University of Connecticut researcher Thomas Craemer, who tallied…
Sabrina Flor/Instagram thegrio.com
November 2, 2018
There are plenty of Halloween costumes for parents to grab at their local stores, but one mom apparently didn’t think…
Kanye West Uganda AP thegrio.com
October 18, 2018
An African Studies professor from Uganda who teaches in New York, wants Kanye West to know the truth about Uganda's…
Janelle Monae thegrio.com
October 3, 2018
[griojw id=”KTwHTcj8″ playerid=”x9J2bwvH”]   Janelle Monae is joining the cast of the Harriet Tubman biopic, Harriet. —‘Bad Boys 3’ movie news
Melania Trump visits slave castle in Ghana thegrio.com
October 3, 2018
[griojw id=”icOg0v7H” playerid=”x9J2bwvH”]   Melania Trump has visited a former slave holding facility on the coast of Ghana and says
Classroom theGrio.com
September 28, 2018
[griojw id=”321IjGFc” playerid=”x9J2bwvH”]   A white Bronx social studies teacher who has been terminated for allegedly asking black students to
Kanye West Donald Trump thegrio.com
August 30, 2018
[griojw id=”hi2LjJYx” playerid=”BqxyiSkR”]   Did Kanye West finally wake up? On Wednesday, the Ye rapper took a moment to say
July 31, 2018
[griojw id=”4E3k2xwU” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   Austin, Texas, city leaders are working to clean up their streets by changing street names of
Confederate statue in Alabama thegrio.com
July 26, 2018
[griojw id=”gkR8Dlid” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   Imagine a world where the South won the Civil War and slavery is now incorporated into
Eppes
July 20, 2018
Florida State University is joining the growing list of communities and institutions giving the boot to statues heralding people who
T.I. at 2018 SXSW on March 17, 2018 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for SXSW)
July 6, 2018
Rapper T.I. has always been the type of stand-up guy to go against the grain. So, it’s no surprise when
June 23, 2018
[griojw id=”9m05d57S” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] This week’s “Editor’s Note” focuses on the Trump Administration’s immigration policy of separating parents and children, and
June 20, 2018
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Some critics of the forced separation of Latino children from their migrant parents say the practice…
Donald Trump
June 19, 2018
[griojw id=”x0OlfnVF” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   As children and their parents wait to be released from cages at the nation’s borders, President
Bobby Paul Edwards pleads guilty for beating and enslaving black man with disabilities for years thegrio.com
June 7, 2018
John Christopher Smith, a black man, was afraid to lose his job, but with intellectual disabilities he instead tolerated the
Kanye West & Kim Kardashian
June 1, 2018
[griojw id=”YhbxtHqV” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   At an exclusive listening party in the hills of Wyoming, Kanye West dropped his 7-track album
Kobe Bryant
May 23, 2018
After weeks of keeping his thoughts to himself, Kobe Bryant is finally speaking up about Kanye West‘s controversial comments about…
Nick Cannon on Vlad TV thegrio.com
May 14, 2018
[griojw id=”mMDlJkZh” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   While Nick Cannon hasn’t ventured head-on into the sunken place, the Wild n Out comedian did have
Stevie Wonder Kanye West thegrio.com
May 12, 2018
Icon Stevie Wonder is calling out embattled rapper Kanye West for his recent remarks on TMZ that slavery sounds as…