'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...
Ebony editor who grew up black in Nazi Germany dies
MIAMI (AP) - Hans Massaquoi, a former managing editor of Ebony magazine who wrote a memoir about his unusual childhood growing up Germany, has died. He was 87...
Alex Haley's son seeks Malcolm X letter at Syracuse
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The son of Malcolm X's biographer is asking Syracuse University to hand over a letter in which the slain activist writes about his shifting views on race relations, claiming his family is the rightful owner...
WATCH: Mike Wallace interviews Malcolm X
VIDEO - In the interview, Malcolm X explains to Mike Wallace, 'Frustration itself has been sufficient, all that was necessary to make Negroes realize the importance of banning together'...
'Roots' 35 years later: Where is the cast now?
SLIDESHOW - On the 35th anniversary of its airing, theGrio takes a look back at where the 'Roots' actors were then, and where they are now...
New generation to discover 'Roots' with enhanced eBook
OPINION - Alex Haley's classic exploration of his own "roots" couldn't have picked a better time to join the newest digital wave...
David Wolper, producer of 'Roots,' dies at 82
BEVERLY HILLS, California (AP) - The ABC series was seen in whole or part by 130 million people -- more than half the U.S. population -- when it ran for eight nights in 1977...
New film exposes naked truth of Hefner's civil rights activism
REVIEW - Did you know that the NAACP gave Hugh Hefner a special award? What about the fact that Alex Haley conducted the first interview for the magazine?...
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THE GRIO REPORT - Malcolm X's unpublished thoughts on race, his life and his work were unveiled just a few feet from where an assassin's bullet struck him down 45 years ago.
