Einstein's pro-civil rights record revealed
theGRIO REPORT - Albert Einstein's greatness as a champion of human and civil rights for African-Americans as one of his greatest contributions to the world...
Is Trayvon Martin this generation's Emmett Till?
OPINION - Trayvon Martin, not unlike Emmett Till, could potentially have a large impact on the nation's psyche...
Memphis will finally name a street after MLK
Forty-four years after Martin Luther King Jr's death there will finally be a MLK street in Memphis, Tennessee -- ironically the city where the civil rights legend was murdered...
Diploma of 1st black Harvard grad found
The diploma of the first African-American Harvard graduate has been discovered in an abandoned home on the South Side of Chicago...
Rare WWII-era photographs rescued from trashcan
A Philadelphia woman found photo albums of African-American life during World War II in a trashcan...
4th graders dress up as influential black Americans
Cleveland Height Patch - As part of Black History Month, students chose one famous African-American writer, musician, athlete or activist and researched them...
Harley-Davidson highlights history of black bikers
theGRIO REPORT - When most people think of Harley-Davidson, they rarely associate it with blacks. However, Harley-Davidson is trying to get more blacks to engage in this riding culture..
Slideshow: Rare WWII-era black sharecropper pics
theGRIO REPORT - Shot between 1939 and 1941 by the Farm Security Administration, these images show the harsh living conditions of blacks farming on rented...
Debt-ridden National Slavery Museum headed to bankruptcy court
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - An attorney for the U.S. National Slavery Museum is headed back to bankruptcy court to outline a reorganization plan for the debt-ridden dream of former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder...
'White' slave kids front schools campaign in 1860s
theGRIO REPORT - The images of three adults and five children, four of whom were dubbed 'white' slaves, were part of a drive to drum up sympathy from wealthy Northerners for potential donations...
