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An African-American man and child on a staycation

Summer travel savings: The Staycation versus the vacation

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Downtown buildings provide a backdrop along the walkway at Railroad Park in Birmingham, Ala. Long haunted by black-and-white newsreel footage of the fire hoses and police dogs city leaders turned on blacks demonstrating for civil rights, the city has a new vibe that's generating buzz all its own 50 years later. The city's minor league baseball team relocated this season from the suburbs and is drawing big crowds to a new downtown stadium that opens to Birmingham's skyline. It's across the street from an urban park built on what was an unsightly lot strewn with weeds and gravel along railroad lines. (AP Photo/AL.com, Mark Almond)

Birmingham is suddenly a hot travel spot

Jay Reeves, Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — It feels like Birmingham finally is emerging from the shadows cast by the ugly racial violence of 1963.
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Black Music Month celebrations around the nation

Wanjira Banfield
From Philadelphia to Memphis, you’ll be sure to gain a deeper appreciate of African-American music through these events.
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A black couple on vacation

Memorial Day staycation hotspots!

Wanjira Banfield
theGRIO REPORT - This year, you wont have to go too far or spend too much to make it a blissful and rewarding vacation when you make it a staycation...
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B.B. King performs on stage during the 2013 Crossroads Guitar Festival at Madison Square Garden on April 12, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

New Orleans Jazz Fest features living legends

Chevel Johnson, Stacey Plaisance, Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — If there's a theme to this year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, it may be living legends.
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April 25, 2013: Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z take their daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, out to lunch with them in Paris, France. INFphoto.com

Beyoncé and Jay-Z take Blue Ivy to lunch in Paris

Chris Witherspoon
SLIDESHOW - Jay-Z and Beyoncé were photographed at Szptime restaurant in Paris having lunch with 15-month-old Blue Ivy Carter...
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Gisma Hakim,14, suffering from malaria gets touched by her mother trying to cope with her high fever at the MSF ( Medecins Sans Frontieres ) field hospital July 17, 2012 in Jamam refugee camp, South Sudan. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

Travelers beware! Malaria is a threat

Kunbi Tinuoye
theGRIO REPORT - Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by a parasite, which, if left untreated can led to severe complications or even death...
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Cyril Nri in Act I photographed; Wednesday, April 10, 2013; 2:00 PM at the BAM Harvey Theater; Brooklyn Academy of Music, NYC; 
Photograph: © 2013 Richard Termine

Brooklyn Academy of Music stages all-black 'Julius Caesar'

Chase Quinn
REVIEW - Overall this production of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar is solid, successfully using its new context without feeling one bit contrived or gimmicky...
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Beyonce, center holding camera, walks with her husband, rapper Jay-Z, right of her, as they tour Old Havana, Cuba, Thursday, April 4, 2013. R&B's power couple is in Havana on their fifth wedding anniversary. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Beyoncé and Jay-Z : Cultural ambassadors to Cuba?

Wanjira Banfield
theGRIO REPORT - A casual trip by two celebrities to a foreign land has single-handedly awakened a 50-year-old sleeping giant...
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Beyonce, center, and her husband Jay-Z, right, walk down the stairs at La Guarida restaurant in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. R&B's power couple is in Havana on their fifth wedding anniversary. (AP Photo/La Guarida)

Treasury: Beyoncé, Jay-Z Cuba trip was licensed

Associated Press
TRAVEL -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury on Thursday confirmed that Beyonce and Jay-Z's controversial trip to Cuba last week was indeed sanctioned...
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A black woman about to travel abroad

Pack your bags and take advantage of these travel freebies!

Ann Brown, Madame Noire Business
Airlines, car rental agencies, hotels, and cruise lines are adding new fees, according to reports. But there are actually ways to get a few free things the next time you travel. We lay out a few of the opportunities.
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