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...
New historical monument honors last American slave to die
VIDEO - For more than 40 years that man, Sylvester Magee, didn't have a head stone. That changed this week...
Blues legend Robert Johnson could get highway honor
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi House has voted to name part of Interstate 55 for blues great Robert Johnson, whose most famous song is about a crossroads...
Obama breaks ground on black history museum
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama heralded a new national black history museum as 'not just a record of tragedy, but a celebration of life'...
Hollywood, adapt these black stories ASAP!
SLIDESHOW - Why has there never been a big screen version of Harriet Tubman's story? Wouldn't a film about Marcus Garvey or Paul Robeson be endlessly entertaining and informative? Check out the slideshow below of black biopics we'd love to see...
African-American history museum to open in 2015
From Bloomberg Businessweek-- The $500 million branch of the Smithsonian in Washington breaks ground tomorrow for an opening in the autumn of 2015...
