Mary J. Blige to play Betty Shabazz
Singer turned actress Mary J. Blige will play civil rights leader Malcolm X's wife in a new TV drama...
Dred Scott statue to be unveiled in St. Louis
The first statue of Dred Scott will be unveiled today in St. Louis, Missouri in front of the historic Old Courthouse...
Malcolm X, MLK childhood homes 'endangered'
theGRIO REPORT - The childhood home of civil rights leader Malcolm X and the neighborhood where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was born have been labeled 'endangered'...
Memorial service for 1st black Naval Academy grad
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (AP) - About 200 people honored the first black graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at a memorial service Wednesday, recalling a man of courage who helped open doors for generations of minorities decades before the civil rights era...
Emory acquires rare African-American photos
theGRIO REPORT - Emory University has secured one of the largest photo libraries of black history ever assembled...
Alex Haley's son seeks Malcolm X letter at Syracuse
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The son of Malcolm X's biographer is asking Syracuse University to hand over a letter in which the slain activist writes about his shifting views on race relations, claiming his family is the rightful owner...
Scholars look at Civil War anew
ALBANY, N.Y. - Nearly 150 years after the last fusillade of the Civil War, historians, authors and museum curators are still finding new topics to explore as the nation commemorates the sesquicentennial of America's bloodiest conflict....
June 7th marks anniversary of Plessy's arrest
theGRIO REPORT - Plessy, who was considered Creole, and his case (Plessy v. Ferguson) would set in motion a series of legal battles that would change history for African-Americans for decades...
How WWII vets helped lead the civil rights fight
theGRIO REPORT - Black veterans, especially those who fought in World War II, served critical roles in raising national and international awareness about Jim Crow...
Honor black America's truest heroes
OPINION - As we memorialize and pay tribute to all of our fallen heroes on this year’s Memorial Day, it is important to embrace those soldiers who have been historically overlooked...
