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Chanté Griffin

(She/Her)
Los Angeles
As seen in: Medium, MSN, Yahoo Life, HuffPost, The Washington Post, Yahoo News Malaysia, Yahoo Singapore, Aol, Los Angeles Times, JSTOR Daily and
Covers:  Race, Culture, Faith, Black Hair, Social Justice
Journalist | Natural Hair Advocate | Fluent in tongues & Ebonics | Author: Loving Your Black Neighbor as Yourself: A Guide to Closing the Space Between Us.

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Chanté Griffin’s Biography

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Chanté Griffin is an independent journalist whose work centers race, culture, and faith. She’s a former contributing writer for The Washington Post, Faithfully Magazine, The Root, and LA Weekly. Her articles, essays, and interviews have appeared in more than fifty publications including The Huffington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Ebony, Good Housekeeping, Parents Magazine, Vogue.com and PBS SoCal. 

In 2021 she became a fellow with the California Arts Foundation to pen her first solo book projec…

Chanté Griffin’s Journalist Portfolio

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How Natural Black Hair at Work Became a Civil Rights Issue - JSTOR Daily

How Natural Black Hair at Work Became a Civil Rights Issue - JSTOR Daily

On the 55th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, U.S. courts are still divided about African Americans' right…

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Doctor and Hair Salon Combine at this D.C. Haven for Hair Loss

Doctor and Hair Salon Combine at this D.C. Haven for Hair Loss

Reporter Chanté Griffin shares one woman's experience with hair loss-and her treatment at Kindred Hair & Skin…

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Interview: Sherri Shepherd Talks Faith, Justice, and 'Brian Banks' Movie

Interview: Sherri Shepherd Talks Faith, Justice, and 'Brian Banks' Movie

Actress Sherri Shepherd, who stars in the "Brian Banks" movie, talks faith, justice, and how she's raising he…

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Perspective | Aretha Franklin fought the patriarchy with fashion, her full-figured body and her r...

Perspective | Aretha Franklin fought the patriarchy with fashion, her full-figured body and her r...

She accomplished something more impressive than accolades and awards

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Madeleine L'Engle's granddaughter on 'A Wrinkle in Time': 'I feel like I always knew the story'

Madeleine L'Engle's granddaughter on 'A Wrinkle in Time': 'I feel like I always knew the story'

Madeleine L'Engle is one of the literary world's brightest lights. An avid journal writer and prolific author…

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What I See in Jada Pinkett Smith

What I See in Jada Pinkett Smith

Cultural perceptions around beauty and professionalism throughout the country are expanding-or perhaps more a…

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Articles

Brick by Brick

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By Chanté Griffin
| Super Lawyers Verified
Published in 2026 South Carolina Super Lawyers magazine By Chanté Griffin on April 24, 2026 “Regina Lewis is the Doogie Howser of law,” says her friend and former colleague Susan McWilliams, referring to the ’90s sitcom about a teenage doctor. “She won’t tell you that, but if you do the math, you figure it out.” The math shows that Lewis graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1984, at just 19 years old.
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More trading in four-year colleges for beauty school, more lucrative careers

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By Chanté Griffin
| Black News & Views Verified
LOS ANGELES — When Bria Brown asked her high school guidance counselor to enroll her in the school’s cosmetology licensing program, Brown says her counselor resisted. “You’re a smart kid; you’re going to go to a real college,” the counselor said. Brown enrolled at Temple University the following year, in 2017, and majored in psychology, but was shocked when a professor toldher class: “You’re not going to make any money [in psychology].” But Brown needed a career that was lucrative.
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Celebrate Kwanzaa With These Meaningful Traditions

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By Kerra Bolton Verified, Chanté Griffin
| Yahoo News Malaysia Verified
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Kwanzaa is a beloved African American cultural celebration that is observed annually between December 26 and January 1. The celebration draws from various African harvest festivals and blends elements of continental African culture, African American history and traditional African values.
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How is social media changing news?

It's becoming not just where news from media outlets is shared, but as a news source.

Why did you become a journalist?

Because amid all that was happening with the Black Lives Matter movement, I had to report on our stories.

What story are you most proud of writing or working on?

The series with Vogue