Both Confederate Memorial Day and Confederate Heritage Month are celebrated in April in Mississippi On a day that many state and local government offices were closed for Confederate Memorial Day in Mississippi, protesters on Monday said the state needs to stop commemorating the Confederacy. Several members of Indivisible Northeast Mississippi held signs denouncing the holiday…
A new documentary film about the police standoff that led to the death of Korryn Gaines is in the works. Gaines died at the hands of the Baltimore County Police Department after she was shot to death inside her apartment on Aug. 1, 2016, near Baltimore in Randallstown, Maryland. The film will be directed…
British sprinter Bianca Williams and her partner, sprinter Ricardo Dos Santos, were stopped with their baby in the car but without evidence of any crime committed Five officers from London’s Metropolitan Police will face a gross misconduct hearing over the stop and search of two Black athletes, the force said Wednesday. Bianca Williams and her…
Fans and supporters are encouraged to “come and celebrate” her birthday with a balloon release The family of Cheslie Kryst, the beloved beauty queen who died by suicide earlier this year, announced a public vigil is being held Thursday to mark her 31st birthday. As reported by Good Morning America, the event will be held…
The American Black Film Festival returns in June with a hybrid ceremony in Miami The American Black Film Festival is back for its 26th year, and theGrio has the official list of film selections for the festival taking place both in-person and virtually in Miami this June. As theGrio previously reported, ABFF spends every year celebrating…
A Texas man has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that he was fired for complaining about his co-worker’s racist behavior. Christoper Vickers’ supervisor at Bison Speciality Services openly made jokes about Black people and bragged about being affiliated with a white supremacist gang. When Vickers complained to his superiors, the company fired him, a lawsuit…
TheGrio has an exclusive look at the upcoming film based on the true story of a San Francisco entrepreneur set to hit theaters this June Get ready for I’m Charlie Walker. The upcoming film from Shout Studios will debut this June, and theGrio has an exclusive look at the trailer for the film starring Mike…
The Minnesota Department of Human Rights said Wednesday it will negotiate a court-enforceable agreement called a consent decree to address patterns of discrimination that have existed for at least 10 years. ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — An extensive state investigation launched after the police killing of George Floyd in 2020 found that the Minneapolis Police Department has…
The Houston rapper will headline at South America’s Primavera Sound festivals in November. Travis Scott is returning to the festival circuit for the first time since the Astroworld Festival last November. The beleaguered rap star will headline the Primavera Sound music festivals in South America this fall. Primavera Sound made the announcement on Thursday that…
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools revoked the school’s accreditation in 2002 due to financial discrepancies Morris Brown College has finally received accreditation through the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (TRACS) after nearly 20 years. As reported previously by theGrio, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools revoked the school’s accreditation in…
