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Tennessee State Capitol, Whip, theGrio.com
April 17, 2025
Jesse Chism, chair of the Tennessee Black Caucus, condemned Republicans for having a “lack of awareness” about the troubling reference.
Tennessee State Rep. Justin Pearson, theGrio.com
March 27, 2025
Things took a turn when Republican Rep. Andrew Farmer personally called out Pearson, who lost his brother to gun suicide…
Tennessee, Tennessee executions, Tennessee death penalty, Tennessee execution manual, theGrio.com
January 3, 2025
Days after announcing a new manual for executing death row inmates, Tennessee's top prison officials said they aren't going to release…
March 23, 2024
Relatives of Tyre Nichols, George Floyd and Eric Garner expressed frustration Friday with lawmakers who have derailed police reform efforts.
March 10, 2024
Republican Tennessee House lawmakers advanced a bill to undo the reforms to police traffic stops made by the city of…
March 9, 2024
Defense attorneys sought to avoid “parallel prosecutions" for the ex-Memphis officers charged with murdering Tyre Nichols in January 2023.
March 2, 2024
A pop-up, 18-and-up Christian nightclub was launched last year by seven Black Christian men in their 20s. It's gaining attention…
February 25, 2024
The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art will take in a nearly 150-year-old stained-glass church window of a dark-skinned Jesus Christ.
Neo Nazis march Nashville
February 21, 2024
A Black History Month event in Nashville over the weekend was disrupted by at least two dozen neo-Nazis marching through…
Young Dolph, Justin Johnson life in prison for killing Young Dolph, theGrio.com
February 10, 2024
A judge cited heavy media coverage of Young Dolph's killing as a reason to select a jury outside of Memphis…
December 16, 2023
Preparing to return to basketball on Tuesday, Ja Morant reflected on his suspension as he worked to focus on himself…
December 2, 2023
Demetrius Haley incurred policy violations in a prior prison guard job and faced accusations of excessive force deemed unsubstantiated.
November 18, 2023
A Tennessee court will consider if Ja Morant is immune from liability for hitting an 18-year-old during a pick-up basketball…
November 13, 2023
The authors of "His Name Is George Floyd" were told they couldn't read from the book during an event at…
November 4, 2023
The NCAA again has denied a waiver for DeAndre Williams, the oldest basketball player in Division I last season, to…
Young Dolph, Young Dolph trial, theGrio.com
October 28, 2023
Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Lee Coffee will be replaced in the high-profile case of Young Dolph's killing on an…
Black children taken Tennessee traffic stop
September 28, 2023
A Black man cannot release unredacted bodycam footage of a traffic stop that led to his children being put in…
Tyre Nichols, theGrio.com
September 17, 2023
Tyre Nichols' family and Memphis residents demand that ex-officers are convicted in Nichos' killing and that police reform emerges.
September 16, 2023
Emmitt Martin made his first federal court appearance since he and four former colleagues were charged Tuesday.
Covington Police Department racial discrimination -- DeAndre McBee
August 21, 2023
Covington Police Officer DeAndre McBee, who resigned Thursday, says he was punished differently than his colleagues because of his race.