Slavery

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October 13, 2020
Donald Neely, who was led on foot by mounted Galveston police officers, has filed a lawsuit in the hopes it…
September 5, 2020
Sandra Hollins of Salt Lake City sponsored a bill to remove slavery in Utah's founding document. The bill passed in…
T.I. Harris theGrio.com
August 7, 2020
Atlanta-native rapper, T.I., wrote a two-page letter to Lloyd’s of London demanding reparations to descendants of African slaves.
August 5, 2020
Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively are "deeply" sorry for holding their wedding on a plantation in South Carolina, the actor…
July 17, 2020
The Pentagon will ban the Confederate flag on military installations, in a carefully worded policy that doesn't mention the word…
The Asheville City Council votes for reparations for African Americans thegrio.com
July 15, 2020
Asheville, North Carolina's city council recently passed a resolution to provide reparations for African-Americans to try and address disparities.
July 5, 2020
Shannon LaNier, a descendant of former U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, dressed as his ancestor for a photo shoot published in Smithsonian…
July 4, 2020
The descendants of Frederick Douglass, the 19th-century abolitionist and orator, are not shying away from discussing the racist history of…
July 3, 2020
OPINION: Kamaria Fayola writes that instead of sharing fireworks on July 4th, America should be paying back its initial investors.
July 1, 2020
A whipping post that was in use until the '50s was finally removed from outside Delaware's Suffolk county courthouse this…
June 28, 2020
Mississippi lawmakers voted Sunday to surrender the Confederate battle emblem from their state flag, triggering raucous applause and cheers.
June 26, 2020
Actor Robert Hartwell has purchased a historic home built by slaves in 1820 that he intends to 'fill with love'…
June 24, 2020
Ohio and a few other states still have a slavery law because of a clause many people don't know about…
June 20, 2020
Byron Allen, CEO of Entertainment Studios/Allen Media Group (parent company of theGrio), lays out comprehensive agenda for America to achieve…
June 19, 2020
Morehouse College grads and filmmakers Julius Pryor and Marttise Hill launched a PSA to push Americans to learn about Juneteenth…
June 19, 2020
Recent unrest over the death of George Floyd makes clear the need to bring about racial justice in America. It…
June 18, 2020
President Donald Trump planned to have a MAGA rally on Juneteenth and now the commander in chief is claiming he…
Amy Cooper Karen theGrio.com
May 27, 2020
Shana Pinnock says she's grown weary of the ways of White women following the viral incident in which Amy Cooper…
Ahmaud Arbery theGrio.com
May 20, 2020
Trigger warning: This article contains sensitive and graphic subject matter regarding Black death. On May 17, 1916 a young racist
Harvey Zeigler theGrio.com
April 17, 2020
Harvey Zeigler, 100, is the grandson of a man who escaped slavery in Orangeburg, South Carolina in the 1850s through…