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Dr. Kiki Baker Barnes leaves Dillard to become first Black woman commissioner of Gulf Coast Athletic Conference

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As Biden administration responds to HBCU bomb threats, Black leaders decry ‘domestic terrorism’

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HBCUs across the country receive bomb threats, prompting evacuations

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2 HBCU presidents join COVID-19 vaccine trial, want students to follow

New Orleans college heads Walter M. Kimbrough and C. Reynold Verret say their efforts “will help find ways to better fight the pandemic.”
/ September 17, 2020

Tennessee dad gives daughter epic graduation ceremony in home driveway

Torrence Burson is a front-runner for Father of the Year. The Memphis-native couldn’t stand to see his daughter, Gabrielle Pierce, […]
/ May 14, 2020

Store clerk in Sante Fe called police on student because he is ‘arrogant and black’

A Store clerk in Sante Fe called the police on a 22-year old Xavier University premed student because he is ‘arrogant and black’
/ August 9, 2018
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Venice skateboarder hires Trayvon Martin's lawyer following alleged police beating

VIDEO – The 20-year-old Venice skateboarder whose weekend arrest sparked protests in the city has hired the attorney representing slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin…
/ August 22, 2012
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Alleged skateboarding police beating victim: 'LAPD mocked me'

theGRIO REPORT – A 20-year-old college student who says he was beaten by Los Angeles police officers Saturday says he was prevented from seeing his father for hours after the incident, and was left in a holding cell ‘bleeding, throwing up, and going in and out of consciousness’…
/ August 21, 2012