The NAACP called for Amazon to ramp up their investigation Police were called to a construction site, which will become an Amazon fulfillment center upon completion, after multiple nooses were found hanging from beams. The first noose was found on the 27th of April, but a few days later, more were found. The construction company…
Late literary giant Dr. Maya Angelou’s impact will echo for generations to come and the St. Louis native’s legacy will be honored by the U.S. Mint. According to CBS News, Angelou will make history as one of the first women to have her likeness featured on a quarter. The U.S. Department of the Treasury bureau…
Celebrities shared their congratulations in the comments section of Eudoxie’s post Ludacris and his wife Eudoxie Bridges will be welcoming a new addition to their family. On Friday, the couple took to social media to announce they are expecting another child together. In an Instagram post in honor of Eudoxie’s birthday, the Fast & Furious…
Civil rights tourism has become big business in cities including Birmingham and Montgomery Alabama’s state tourism agency has launched a podcast that both tells stories about the civil rights movement and encourages people to visit places linked to the era. Read More: FBI opens civil rights investigation into Andrew Brown Jr. shooting The three-part Alabama…
Mayor Lumumba said the Jackson Police Department officers “unjustly gunned down two innocent young Black men” The mayor of Mississippi’s capital city and a state senator both apologized Saturday for shootings 51 years ago by city and state police officers that killed two people and injured 12 others on the campus of a historically Black…
If you’re having trouble narrowing down your watch-list this weekend, theGrio has you covered If you’re having trouble narrowing down your watch-list this weekend, theGrio has you covered. With so many big projects debuting this week, it could be hard to decide how to spend your precious tube time and we’ve got all the info…
“Here in Arizona, it’s pushing back on the voters of tribal communities” Arizona Republicans say the voter restrictions they’re pushing after President Joe Biden’s win in the state last year are designed to strengthen the integrity of future elections. To some, the changes will make voting more difficult than it already is. The bills, some…
During an appearance on the Drink Champs podcast, Fat Joe gave DJ Khaled his flowers for consistently dropping hit records with the biggest names in hip-hop Fat Joe became a trending topic after the Bronx rapper praised DJ Khaled for his musical success and concluded that he’s the “Quincy Jones of hip-hop.” During an appearance on…
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said expulsions protect both the American public and migrants Marely had traveled for 13 days, trekking with her mother from Central America to the busiest corridor for illegal U.S.-Mexico border crossings. Then, as the 12-year-old Salvadoran girl got on an inflatable raft to cross the Rio Grande in Texas in…
Thurman King, a 55-year-old Black man, was driving from work to his home in Rockford, Michigan, a predominantly white suburb of Grand Rapids, late one night in March 2019. When he got about a half block from home, he noticed a police car with its lights flashing behind him. He pulled into his driveway and…
