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Black leaders and celebs are all in after Harris’ coronation at DNC

After Kamala Harris accepted her historic nomination for president at the Democratic National Convention, Black leaders in politics and within the civil rights community told theGrio they were all in to ensure her victory in November. “This night means everything,” said Raymond Santana, a member of the Central Park Five, also known as the Exonerated Five.Santana and three others from the group of then wrongfully convicted Black young boys took to the stage at the United Center on Thursday to […]

August 23, 2024

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Black church leaders say Harris is ‘perfect warrior’ to help them take on Christian nationalism

Black church leaders are determined to take back the narrative from white Christian nationalists, contending they have wrongfully used faith to justify policies that attack Black, brown, and LGBTQ communities and women. These leaders also see Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, as the consummate political figure to help them push back against the Christian right’s agenda. “She is the perfect warrior at this moment,” said Bishop Joseph Tolton, a pro-LGBTQ, Pan-African faith activist who recently convened Black […]

August 13, 2024

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Harris makes first public appearance since Biden dropout, joins Black leaders in praising his legacy

TheGrio was on the ground as Vice President Kamala Harris received a warm welcome at the White House on Monday in her first public appearance since announcing her candidacy for president. It was a rare moment on the South Lawn for Harris, as she alone welcomed thousands of NCAA athletes without President Joe Biden by her side. The president, who dropped out of the 2024 race on Sunday, remained in Delaware as he recovered from COVID-19. Harris did not mention […]

July 23, 2024

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Democratic leaders express sorrow for Biden, excitement for Harris to ‘get the job done’

Democratic and civil rights leaders reacted in real time on Sunday to President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 presidential election. TheGrio was in the room as many gathered inside a Brooklyn church for a prescheduled private event. “It’s a momentous day. It’s a historic day. It’s a day to celebrate President Joseph Robinette Biden, who has led in an extraordinary way over the last three and a half years,” House Democratic leader, U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., told theGrio. […]

July 22, 2024

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Political leaders say Black voters should be terrified of Project 2025

While Donald Trump, the former president and current presumptive Republican nominee, has distanced himself from Project 2025 – a conservative policy agenda billed as a playbook for his potential return to the White House – political leaders and elected officials are escalating their rhetoric about it and its implications, particularly for Black and brown communities. On Wednesday, while delivering the keynote address at Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.’s 71st Boulé in Dallas, Vice President Kamala Harris warned that the 900-page […]

July 14, 2024

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Trump shooting draws reactions from Black leaders, raises security concerns

Political leaders quickly condemned what is being investigated as an apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump on Saturday evening at a Pennsylvania campaign rally. President Joe Biden said, “There is no place for this type of violence in America,” and was “grateful” Donald Trump, who appeared to be shot or grazed on the ear, “is safe and doing well.” The presumptive 2024 Democratic presidential nominee declared, “Everybody must condemn it.” The White House confirmed that President Biden spoke […]

July 14, 2024

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‘I’m scared as s-t’: Justice Jackson, Black leaders explain why Supreme Court granting Trump immunity is dangerous

Elected officials and advocates are decrying the Supreme Court’s Monday ruling granting former President Donald Trump some level of immunity for undetermined “official acts” in his federal criminal case for his role in trying to overturn the 2020 election and the subsequent Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection executed by a mob of his supporters at the U.S. Capitol. Hours after the conservative majority ruled that, as president, Trump could be subject to certain immunity privileges in a case where he faces […]

July 1, 2024

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Watch: Leaders aim to ensure rebuilding of Baltimore bridge includes minority businesses | The Hill with April Ryan

This week’s edition of theGrio’s “The Hill with April Ryan” takes a deeper five into the deadly collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. On Friday, President Joe Biden will tour the site of the scene of the accident, which is in close proximity to the port of Baltimore – a major east cost hub for cargo vessels. Maryland Governor Wes Moore will join Biden for the Moore spoke to theGrio about the president’s financial pledge to rebuild […]

April 6, 2024

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Fani Willis’ testimony evokes frustrations for Black women leaders

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is used to prosecuting high-profile, challenging cases. But as she parried questions about her own personal conduct from the witness stand against the legal teams for defendants her office has accused of election interference, many Black women recognized a dispiriting scene. “It absolutely feels familiar. There is no secret that the common sentiment among Black women in positions of power (is that they) must over-perform to be seen as equals to their counterparts,” said Jessica T. […]

February 18, 2024