New Angela Davis film recalls her powerful rise
REVIEW - Many words describe Angela Davis – radical, intellectual, Communist, feminist, rebel, scholar, revolutionary– but the story of her life can be defined by one: justice...
1st black American poet's work found
VIDEO - A University of Texas at Arlington graduate student recently found a piece of American history that offers more insight on U.S. slavery. Julie McCown, a doctoral student, discovered one of the earliest poems by Jupiter Hammon, the nation's first African-American writer...
Black Civil War vets finally honored in Cleveland
theGRIO REPORT - More than 100 black war veterans will finally be recognized at a site in downtown Cleveland that pays homage to men who fought in the American Civil War...
A brief, racial history of Mardis Gras
theGRIO REPORT - New Orleans’ Carnival celebration has always been an important part of the city’ culture; however, always with a racial and class divide...
How to respond to Black History Month doubters
OPINION - Every February 1st, it happens like clockwork. Folks complain. On Twitter and Facebook, in idle chatter before meetings and around the water cooler someone wonders aloud why there has to be Black History Month...
Confederate past: Uproar over changing park names
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The statue of Confederate fighter Nathan Bedford Forrest astride a horse towers above the Memphis park bearing his name...
Alabama legislation would exonerate Scottsboro Boys
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - In 1931, Alabama wanted to execute the black Scottsboro Boys because two white women claimed they were gang-raped...
Washington Post names 1st black managing editor
theGRIO REPORT - The Washington Post announced Monday that national editor Kevin Merida will be moving up to managing editor. Merida is the first African-American to hold this position at the publication...
Barclays Center pays tribute to segregated black basketball stars
theGRIO REPORT - The Barclays Center is linking Brooklyn's African-American basketball history and its present-day team, the Brooklyn Nets, with the new installation of historic photographs of the Black Fives, early-20th century African-American basketball teams, throughout the arena's main concourse...
'Roots' cast reunites for Black History Month
theGRIO REPORT - The original cast of the groundbreaking TV mini-series Roots will be partaking in a live Q&A for a town-hall event on Sirius XM tonight in light of Black History Month...
