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Two men who built their names, one through landmark civil rights cases and the other through decades in hip-hop, are now turning their attention to the financial system. Ben Crump, the civil rights attorney and co-founder of DreamFi, has partnered with rap legend LL Cool J to bring the fintech
Clarence B. Jones, a renowned lawyer and civil rights activist who served as one of Dr. Martin Luther King’s closest advisors and helped shape the March on Washington and King’s landmark “I Have A Dream” speech in 1963, has died, according to his son. He was 95. Although Jones’ son
South Carolina Republicans stunningly defied President Donald Trump’s call to redraw its congressional map, rejecting an attempt to eliminate the majority-Black district held by longtime Democratic U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn. On Tuesday, 12 Republican members of the state Senate joined Democrats in abandoning a plan to cancel early voting, which
Source: Mondadori Portfolio / Getty Pope Leo XIV issued a historic apology on May 25, openly acknowledging the Holy See’s role in legitimizing slavery and condemning the Church’s centuries-long silence on the practice. In the document, the pope described that legacy as a “wound in Christian memory,” according to ABC7.
Source: Win McNamee / Getty President Donald Trump paid a visit to Walter Reed National Military Hospital for what he called his “6-month physical,” or what he referred to last October as his “sort of semi-annual physical,” while the White House called it “routine yearly checkup,” despite it coming six
In September, when Ruby Bridges, famous for integrating New Orleans schools under federal marshal escort in 1960 stepped onto the runway during athlesiure brand Actively Black’s New York Fashion Week show—along with the daughters of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X, and none other than photographer Cecil Williams, who
Source: @AttorneyCrump / Twitter / @AttorneyCrump / Twitter Family members, supporters, and community members gathered on May 23 to honor George Floyd, six years after he was murdered by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin and three other officers. A memorial was held at the intersection of 38th Street and
For more than 30 years, the world of “Toy Story” has revolved around a simple question: What happens when a child grows up? In Disney and Pixar’s upcoming “Toy Story 5,” that question gets a modern update. During an exclusive early preview event at Disneyland attended by theGrio, filmmakers revealed
230 years ago, in 1796, Ona Judge Staines, a young woman enslaved by President George Washington and his wife, Martha, escaped the presidential household in Philadelphia and fled to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Yet despite risking everything, including the wrath of the most powerful man in America for freedom, it was
Source: pepifoto / Getty Primary elections in Alabama and several other southern states became unnecessarily complicated after the Supreme Court effectively gutted the Voting Rights Act last month. Alabama postponed the primary election in several districts so state legislators could move forward with implementing a map previously found to be
Two men who built their names, one through landmark civil rights cases and the other through decades in hip-hop, are now turning their attention to the financial system. Ben Crump, the civil rights attorney and co-founder of DreamFi, has partnered with rap legend LL Cool J to bring the fintech
Clarence B. Jones, a renowned lawyer and civil rights activist who served as one of Dr. Martin Luther King’s closest advisors and helped shape the March on Washington and King’s landmark “I Have A Dream” speech in 1963, has died, according to his son. He was 95. Although Jones’ son
South Carolina Republicans stunningly defied President Donald Trump’s call to redraw its congressional map, rejecting an attempt to eliminate the majority-Black district held by longtime Democratic U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn. On Tuesday, 12 Republican members of the state Senate joined Democrats in abandoning a plan to cancel early voting, which
Source: Mondadori Portfolio / Getty Pope Leo XIV issued a historic apology on May 25, openly acknowledging the Holy See’s role in legitimizing slavery and condemning the Church’s centuries-long silence on the practice. In the document, the pope described that legacy as a “wound in Christian memory,” according to ABC7.
Source: Win McNamee / Getty President Donald Trump paid a visit to Walter Reed National Military Hospital for what he called his “6-month physical,” or what he referred to last October as his “sort of semi-annual physical,” while the White House called it “routine yearly checkup,” despite it coming six
In September, when Ruby Bridges, famous for integrating New Orleans schools under federal marshal escort in 1960 stepped onto the runway during athlesiure brand Actively Black’s New York Fashion Week show—along with the daughters of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X, and none other than photographer Cecil Williams, who
Source: @AttorneyCrump / Twitter / @AttorneyCrump / Twitter Family members, supporters, and community members gathered on May 23 to honor George Floyd, six years after he was murdered by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin and three other officers. A memorial was held at the intersection of 38th Street and
For more than 30 years, the world of “Toy Story” has revolved around a simple question: What happens when a child grows up? In Disney and Pixar’s upcoming “Toy Story 5,” that question gets a modern update. During an exclusive early preview event at Disneyland attended by theGrio, filmmakers revealed
230 years ago, in 1796, Ona Judge Staines, a young woman enslaved by President George Washington and his wife, Martha, escaped the presidential household in Philadelphia and fled to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Yet despite risking everything, including the wrath of the most powerful man in America for freedom, it was
Source: pepifoto / Getty Primary elections in Alabama and several other southern states became unnecessarily complicated after the Supreme Court effectively gutted the Voting Rights Act last month. Alabama postponed the primary election in several districts so state legislators could move forward with implementing a map previously found to be