TheGrio's 100: Rabbi Alysa Stanton, the new face of Judaism
TheGrio's 100 - Alysa Stanton is the first black woman to become a rabbi in any mainstream Jewish denomination...
TheGrio's 100: Shawna Kimbrell, first black female fighter pilot
TheGrio's 100 - Major Shawna Rochelle Kimbrell is the first female African-American fighter pilot...
TheGrio's 100: Kari Fulton, to be young, green, and black
TheGrio's 100 - Did you know that it's cool to be black and green? Kari Fulton has been leading the charge...
Tuskegee Airman Lee Archer dead at 90
NEW YORK (AP) -- Retired Air Force Lt. Colonel Lee A. Archer, a Tuskegee Airman considered to be the only black ace pilot who also broke racial barriers as an executive at a major U.S. company...
Tuskegee Airmen to be honored with Rose Bowl float
The Tuskegee Airmen are being honored for the new year. Not with speeches, medals or awards--but a float in a parade...
theGrio reflects: The story of Emmett Till
VIDEO - In light of the discovery of raided graves at the cemetery where he was buried, theGrio looks back at the life of lynching victim Emmett Till...
Museum to commemorate 'Little Rock Nine'
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Every day before heading to Little Rock Central High School in the fall of 1957, nine black students gathered to prepare for the angry mob they faced...
Maryland plaque reminds of historic Dred Scott case
FREDERICK, Maryland (AP) - More than 150 years after the U.S. Supreme Court issued the notorious Dred Scott decision affirming slavery, a Maryland city unveiled...
Time well served for black seaman in Jim Crow era
VIDEO - Elijah McKelvin, like many in his time, joined the United States military forces to fight in what was the deadliest conflict in human history...
The Smithsonian accepts Emmett Till's casket
From our friends at essence.com:
After 54 years, the story of Emmett Till is still making news. Till was just 14 years old when he was brutally beaten, shot in …
