Sybil Garbow. Courtesy of Emily Baxter. A judge sentenced an older Black woman to 6 months after a jury convicted her of assault. Sybil Garbow, 72, said she acted in self-defense against a white coworker. Garbow lost her nursing job as a result and says she’ll struggle to pay the $50,000 in restitution. Get the Read More…
(South Central Heaven, Paradise) — On Sunday morning, theGrio began receiving preliminary reports that the secret naval unit of Black America had been dispatched to Riverfront Park in Montgomery, Ala. The unit was responding to a skirmish that the Montgomery Advertiser would later describe as “racially divided,” after a dockworker asked pontoon boaters to move Read More…
Share When West Virginia police got a call about something odd going on in a Kroger grocery store bathroom, they assumed it would be just another routine response. But when they got there and heard the noises coming from the restroom stall, one cop came out of it much different than when he entered. Employees at Read More…
Image source, PA Media Image caption, Colin Pitchfork was jailed in 1988 but released in 2021 before his recall to prison two months later By Alex Smith BBC News Double child killer and rapist Colin Pitchfork has been granted parole and will be released from prison. Pitchfork was jailed for life for raping and strangling Read More…
My daughter is getting bullied in high school and her life was threatened. The school says they will handle it, but she’s still getting harassed. The police say it’s the school’s responsibility. What can I do? I was harassed from grade school through high school. Though “harassed” is far too mild a word. For example: Read More…
The Florida Board of Education has approved shocking new standards for African American history, despite overwhelming backlash from the public. Allison Quin Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Gett Middle school students in Florida will soon be taught that slavery gave Black people a “personal benefit” because they “developed skills.” After the Florida Board of Education Read More…
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