A Black man who filed a civil rights complaint against the Akron car dealership where he worked for racially discriminating against him because of his hairstyle won his case with the Akron Civil Rights Commission last week. The commission unanimously decided that VanDevere Chevrolet violated the CROWN (Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair) Act…

Source: Bloomberg / Getty After two years away at junior college, James Mungin II had just returned home to Miami’s historic African American neighborhood, Liberty City, when a white neighborhood watchman, George Zimmerman, went on trial for fatally shooting an unarmed Black teenager, Trayvon Martin. Mungin knew Martin in passing—the 17-year-old lived in Liberty City…

Mark Zuckerberg spared no expense as he celebrated wife Priscilla Chan’s 40th birthday. Posts shared by the couple reveal that the Harvard alumna was thrown a grand bash akin to a wedding reception with outfit changes and a massive cake designed to look like an oversized bucket with a bottle of champagne inside of it. …

Source: Jacob Boomsma / Getty Popular restaurant chain Jack’s Family Restaurant is currently the defendant in a civil rights lawsuit filed by attorneys for a Black former employee in Warrior, Alabama, who says his experience at the dining establishment was one where he was subjected to racial slurs, white supremacist material and a branch manager…

Bronny James #9 and LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers sit on their team’s bench during the first quarter of the game against the Dallas Mavericks at American Airlines Center on January 07, 2025 in Dallas, Texas.(Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images) Court documents filed hours before historic game allege LeBron James and Bronny…

LaDonna Crutchfield, a 37-year-old Black woman, was lying on her bed, reading to her 5-year-old daughter, when police began pounding on her door. Crutchfield’s niece opened the door and encountered six Detroit police officers who demanded to speak to her aunt. When Crutchfield walked to the door to see what they wanted, they ordered her…

Celebrity chef Carla Hall opens up about the struggle of being doubted in the workplace and how she overcame being held back. (Photo credit: TheGrio/Masters of The Game) WATCH: “I’m that little person who they didn’t trust, you know?” Hall tells theGrio’s Natasha S. Alford in a heartwrenching moment on the newest episode of ‘Masters…

In this photo provided by Jazz Foundation of America, jazz pianist Bertha Hope, who is a member of The Mellon Foundation and Jazz Foundation of America’s inaugural class of Jazz Legacies Fellows, poses for a photo in January 2025, in New York. (Steven Baboun/NativRoots courtesy of Jazz Foundation of America via AP) The new Jazz…

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 02: Gayle King attends the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for The Recording Academy) The “CBS Mornings” co-host is joining a crew of five other women for Blue Origin’s next flight to the boundaries of space.  For many…

Bereaved fans of Michelle Trachtenberg are lashing out against internet trolls who criticized the actress’s appearance in recent months following the news that the 39-year-old star had undergone a liver transplant prior to her passing on Wednesday, Feb. 26. The former child actress, best known for her roles in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Gossip Girl,”…