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MLK’s daughter Bernice King reacts to Charlie Kirk’s shooting

Bernice King, Martin Luther King Jr.’s youngest daughter, shared a poignant message with America on Instagram, following right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk’s assassination on September 10.  “ It saddens me that Charlie Kirk’s children will likely one day view the video of their father being shot. No child anywhere should lose a parent in such a hateful, callous way,” she noted. “It will require much more than quoting my father for the United States to evolve from our current conundrum of […]

todaySeptember 12, 2025 1

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Downballot: a daughter of the confederacy vs. the Klan killer’s son

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio.   As the 2024 election nears, theGrio’s Downballot series explores the issues, races and individual candidates appearing on the ballots in state and local elections.  Open on a primly dressed mom-next-door type wearing pearl earrings and a remarkably unremarkable shopping smock. In front of a slightly out-of-focus Piggly Wiggly sign, the woman strolls through a supermarket parking lot with two […]

todaySeptember 24, 2024

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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s daughter seeks to finish mother’s term

HOUSTON (AP) — The daughter of the late U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who died last month after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, will seek to finish her mother’s term in office. Erica Lee Carter submitted paperwork by Thursday’s deadline to be a candidate in a special election in which voters will choose who will complete Jackson Lee’s two-year term representing the Houston congressional district. Carter, like her mother, is running as a Democrat. Paperwork filed with the Texas Secretary of […]

todayAugust 25, 2024

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John Legend’s daughter sees herself in Kamala Harris: ‘Excited to see someone who’s Black and Asian like she is’

John Legend is speaking out about his daughter’s admiration of Vice President Kamala Harris.  The “Green Light” singer revealed in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter that his and wife Chrissy Teigen’s oldest daughter, Luna, 8, looks up to the Vice President because she sees herself in her.  “[Luna] is so excited to see someone who’s Black and Asian like she is, [and] a woman like she is — so she’s looking at [Kamala] like, ‘This is me’ up […]

todayAugust 20, 2024

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Black mother, daughter thank Biden for path to homeownership

A Black mother and her daughter have credited President Joe Biden for helping them achieve their dream of homeownership in Las Vegas, aided by the $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus package passed in 2021. In a White House video released on Wednesday, the mother-daughter duo met and thanked Biden for enacting a program that assisted them in purchasing their first home. “Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan helped pay our first down payment on our home,” Ikina, the daughter, said in the video […]

todayApril 1, 2024 1

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Black Mom and 21-Year-Old Daughter, Owners of Virtual Assistance Firm Celebrate 6 Years in Business

It has been six years already and 21-year-old Essynce Moore and her mom, Dr. Starr Barrett, the dynamic duo behind the fastest-growing Black-owned virtual assistance firm called The Very Essynce of Virtual Assistants LLC, are still revolutionizing the industry. With a strong commitment to entrepreneurship and passing on invaluable life skills, Starr is empowering her daughter to thrive in every aspect of life.Their company offers personalized assistant and virtual office administration services encompassing secretarial tasks, marketing support, and bookkeeping, all at […]

todayFebruary 20, 2024