Slideshow: Unsung heroes of the Civil War
SLIDESHOW - On the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, theGrio is looking back at some of the war's most decorated and courageous people...
Malcolm X's daughters unhappy with new book
NEW YORK (AP) - Two of Malcolm X's daughters are unhappy that a new biography alleges their parents' marriage was strained...
FBI investigating '65 killing of pro-civil rights minister
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (AP) - The FBI's Cold Case Initiative is investigating the 46-year-old case of a Massachusetts minister who was beaten to death in Alabama while doing civil rights work...
Slideshow: It happened this week in black history 3/6-3/12
SLIDESHOW - Mike Tyson became undisputed heavyweight champion, 'We Are the World' came out and Biggie Smalls died; this is an incredibly historic week by any standard...
40 years later, Ali and Frazier still a classic
(AP) - It was 40 years ago Tuesday that Ali and Frazier met at Madison Square Garden in a fight so big it was simply referred to as The Fight...
Slideshow: Black American women who broke the mold
SLIDESHOW - In honor of International Women's Day theGrio has compiled this illustrious list of celebrated female African-American trailblazers...
Should African-Americans fall out of love with Lincoln?
OPINION - The new book "Colonization After Emancipation' portrays the former president's sincerity about racial equality in a new an altogether unflattering light...
Marchers mark 'Bloody Sunday' in Selma
SELMA, Alabama (AP) - Thousands of marchers marked the 46th anniversary of the "Bloody Sunday" voting rights confrontation in Selma...
New book sheds new light on Lincoln's racial views
McLEAN, Va. (AP) - A new book by a researcher at George Mason University makes the case that Lincoln was even more committed to colonizing blacks than previously known...
Rare anti-slavery booklet acquired by U.Va.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The University of Virginia has acquired a rare first edition of an 1829 anti-slavery manifesto that was considered a rallying cry for black Americans...
