McDonald was armed with a knife but stood several feet away when former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke shot him repeatedly more than seven years ago Federal authorities will not criminally charge former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke for the 2014 killing of Laquan McDonald, and the victim’s family reportedly supports the decision. …
The ‘NY State of Mind Tour’ launches on Aug. 30 and will make a 25-city stop. Nas and the Wu-Tang Clan are embarking on a co-headlining tour. The hip-hop legends announced the NY State of Mind Tour will begin this summer. The 25-city trek will start on Aug. 30 in St. Louis, Missouri, at the…
The exhibit, ‘And the Beat Don’t Stop: 50 Years of Hip-Hop,’ is free to the public at Little Rock’s Mosaic Templars Cultural Center. An Arkansas cultural center is celebrating the upcoming 50th anniversary of hip-hop with a special pop-up exhibition featuring artwork and artifacts commemorating the culture. Little Rock’s Mosaic Templars Cultural Center is hosting…
A former Oklahoma jail supervisor is now facing prison time after a federal jury convicted him of excessive force and deliberately putting two inmates in harm’s way. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Matthew Ware, 53, deprived three pretrial detainees at the Kay County Detention Center in rural Newkirk, Oklahoma, near the Kansas border…
Saying farewell to “Black-ish” was bittersweet for Anthony Anderson. For eight seasons Anderson and cast tackled social issues and everyday experiences as the fictional Johnson family living in a Southern California suburb. It was a show — highlighting a successful Black family —that he and co-creator, Kenya Barris, said was missing from the landscape of…
A new Lena Waithe film, a Rosa Parks documentary, and more are set to make splashes at the popular film festival The Tribeca Film Festival announced its official lineup on Tuesday and by the looks of it, the festival (set to be held in June) will be filled with plenty of must-see projects. The Tribeca…
“We never in eight seasons reached the limits of anybody’s abilities,” series showrunner Courtney Lily told theGrio Black-ish is coming to a close, and ahead of the series finale, theGrio is examining its stars and how the show helped re-establish, introduce and launch each cast member into superstardom while evolving into one of the most…
EXCLUSIVE: New maps drawn by Republicans in states from Georgia to Texas are deliberate tools to suppress Black and Brown voters, critics say. A political battle over Florida’s redrawn congressional map is bringing new attention to the issue of nationwide gerrymandering and what critics say is an attempt to suppress the power of Black and…
Source: SOPA Images / Getty Remember Maurice Symonette? No? The Black guy who used to stand behind trump at all his rallies holding the sign “BLACKS FOR TRUMP,” while dawning a T-shirt imprinted with the words, “TRUMP & Republicans Are Not Racist.” (Some folks said he was in a cult.) Yea, that guy… “Blacks for…
As one of the most accomplished athletes in the world, Serena Williams is now training her daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr., to be just as fierce on the tennis court. The 23-time Grand Slam winner is teaching her 4-year-old the basics of the sport she began playing professionally as a teen. On Tuesday, April 19,…
