Slideshow: theGrio's top 10 greatest heavyweight champions
SLIDESHOW - Inspired by Jack Johnson, and the ongoing battle to see that he is posthumously pardoned, theGrio has compiled a list of our favorite heavyweight boxers...
Washington post office named after Dorothy Height
CLUTCH - Height, who passed away this past April at the age of 98, was one of the most significant civil rights leaders of her time...
Slideshow: It happened this week in black history 12/13-12/19
SLIDESHOW - George Washington freed his slaves, Ol' Dirty Bastard died and Booker T. Washington was commemorated on a coin; this is an incredibly historic week by any standard...
New exhibit pays tribute to George Washington's slaves
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - At least nine of George Washington's slaves also lived at the President's House, which was demolished in the 1830s...
Slideshow: It happened this week in black history 12/5-12/11
SLIDESHOW - Dr. King won the Nobel Peace Prize, The Jacksons played their last gig and Otis Redding was tragically killed; this is an incredible week by any standard...
Rosa Parks' political journey didn't begin on the bus
OPINION - On this 55th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott, perhaps we can finally end the myth of Parks as a simple seamstress...
Slideshow: It happened this week in black history 11/28 – 12/4
SLIDESHOW - 'Thriller' was released, Tupac was shot and Rosa Parks took a stand for civil rights; this is an incredibly historic week by any standard...
MLK Memorial takes shape on National Mall in DC
WASHINGTON (AP) - A short distance from where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech, a 28-foot-tall statue of the slain civil rights leader has risen...
History or heresy? Texas woman wants to preserve segregated cemetery
VIDEO - The Ross Cemetery just off Highway 5 between McKinney and Fairview was established in the 1800s as a segregated burial site for black people...
Years later, Miss. still lacks civil rights museum
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The absence of a state museum to acknowledge these events leads some to question whether Mississippi is ready to embrace its role in history...
