Legendary Tuskegee airmen land off-Broadway
VIDEO - For a special unit of black men, they weren't only battling the enemy abroad; they were fighting for their right to fight...
Andrew Young decries infighting at SCLC group
ATLANTA (AP) - Today, infighting and allegations of financial mismanagement are threatening to undermine the social justice group King co-founded in 1957...
Slave artifacts unveil southern colonial life
VIDEO - One of the largest collections of slavery-era pottery is set to go on display in South Carolina...
Hattie McDaniel's Oscar: Still 'Gone With the Wind'
WASHINGTON (AP) - A professor might have walked away with it. Perhaps it was stolen, then sold to a collector. Any of this could have happened in 1968. Or was it 1973?...
Lost chapters from Malcolm X memoirs revealed
THE GRIO REPORT - Malcolm X's unpublished thoughts on race, his life and his work were unveiled just a few feet from where an assassin's bullet struck him down 45 years ago.
SCLC HQ chained, locked shut in leadership fight
ATLANTA (AP) - The feuding groups were once part of the same board, but have met and functioned separately since a rift began months ago...
Grammy-winning jazz pianist Hank Jones dies
NEW YORK (AP) - Jones, whose 70-year career included a stint as Ella Fitzgerald's pianist and Marilyn Monroe's accompanist when she sang "Happy Birthday" to President John F. Kennedy, has died...
Lena Horne leaves behind unforgettable legacy
VIDEO - In honor of the passing of entertainer and activist Lena Horne, theGrio and NBC Nightly News remember the great lady's work and history...
Philly neighborhood still scarred by 1985 MOVE bombing
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The violent confrontation marked the first time authorities in the United States had dropped a bomb on American citizens...
Slideshow: The life of legendary Lena Horne
SLIDESHOW - She once said that one of the reasons for her success was that she was "a kind of black that white people could accept."...
