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shanquella robinson, thegrio.com
April 26, 2023
Community activists in Charlotte continue to demand justice for Shanquella Robinson, the woman who died while on vacation in Cabo,…
Charlotte pancakes protest
April 7, 2023
Doris Boyd, a 78-year-old civil rights activist and Charlotte native, says the elderly are the most disenfranchised group in society.
December 28, 2022
The body of Anndel Taylor, 22, was found in her vehicle on Christmas Eve after she got stuck in the…
December 19, 2022
The first Black priest in the Diocese of Charlotte passed away earlier this month after a long battle with cancer.
shanquella robinson
November 17, 2022
The family of 25-year-old Shanquella Robinson, who was found dead in Mexico, is searching for answers in her suspicious death.
July 1, 2022
"This project is something that we know is the right thing to do," Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles said at Thursday's…
June 24, 2022
M&F Bank in Durham, North Carolina has received a sorely-needed $80 million injection of cash from the U.S. Treasury Department.
May 5, 2022
Kanautica Zayre-Brown's lawsuit claims the North Carolina prison system's treatment of her has worsened her gender dysphoria.
April 13, 2022
Francine Laney was found unresponsive in the Mecklenburg County Detention Center infirmary, and life-saving measures failed.
April 11, 2022
A nonprofit network in North Carolina is dedicated to helping at-risk youth cope with the damaging effects of childhood trauma.
April 7, 2022
Many universities in the state had already been removing Confederacy symbols, but the 2020 protests helped accelerate the process.
March 30, 2022
Community Loans of America, Inc. and Carolina Title Loans are being sued for violating federal anti-discrimination laws.
March 29, 2022
North Carolina's felon voting ban, which cost some 70,000 people their voting rights, was overturned Monday by a state judges…
March 16, 2022
North Carolina Pastor Brian Carn lamented moments when "people have to make a choice between gas and children going to…
March 14, 2022
Some Black students at J.S. Waters School in Goldston, were reportedly "sold" by classmates at a mock “slave auction."
December 7, 2021
Allan Ali and his newborn-holding partner, Kamia Hoilett, had a negative interaction with a flight attendant on a Philly-bound plane.
November 16, 2021
The clash between the singer and the MC, with whom she has a baby daughter, has resulted in two counts…
COVID thegrio.com
October 5, 2021
Ethan Govan, a Charlotte, North Carolina boy, passed away on Sept. 19, and was one of the youngest in his…
BET Awards 2021 - Arrivals
August 5, 2021
LGBT and HIV organizations have issued an open letter to DaBaby to meet with them privately to help spread awareness…
Charlottesville protests thegrio.com
July 24, 2021
The terms of the agreement include extensive revisions to police directives, including a ban on the use of CS tear…