Man who armed Black Panthers was FBI informant
BAY AREA - The man who gave the Black Panther Party some of its first firearms and weapons training – which preceded fatal shootouts with Oakland police in the turbulent 1960s – was an undercover FBI informer...
Oldest living Tuskegee Airman is finally honored
theGRIO REPORT - America’s oldest Tuskegee airman has finally been honored seven decades after he fought in World War II...
There would be no 'Sparkle' without The Supremes
OPINION - For black audiences especially, The Supremes have a story that continues to resonate, even if it is far more salacious than the PG-13 'Sparkle'...
Medal of Honor winner at Wis. aircraft convention
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) - The Navy's first African-American aviator to fly in combat was calm when he crashed his plane in North Korea in 1950 and didn't complain even though he was pinned under flaming wreckage and facing certain death..
Ala. bus boycott organizer, professor dies at 96
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Thelma McWilliams Glass, a longtime professor and civil rights pioneer who helped organize the Montgomery bus boycott, died on Wednesday. She was 96...
Lincoln 'Impeachment' author talks Obama
theGRIO Q&A - Would African-American history -- and indeed American history -- have been different if Abraham Lincoln had lived?...
Flashback: Pygmies were forced to participate in 1904 Olympics
In what has been called The Savages’ Olympics, pygmies, cannibals and tribesmen were forced to compete in Olympics games in St. Louis, Missouri in 1904...
3-day Kansas event to honor black Civil War soldiers
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A group that publicizes Kansas history is planning a three-day celebration in Topeka next month to mark the 150th anniversary of the formation of the first unit of black soldiers to go into battle during the Civil War...
Negro Leagues Museum getting All-Star game boost
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine sat back in the visiting clubhouse at Kauffman Stadium earlier this season, his feet propped up on the desk, and spoke glowingly of his first visit to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum...
Supreme Court cases that shaped black America
SLIDESHOW - Throughout history the Supreme Court has played a crucial role in shaping the ideological identity of America.
