Bust of Frederick Douglass headed for Capitol

theGRIO REPORT - The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday night approved a resolution that will move the bust of Frederick Douglas to the Capitol, making him only the third African-American to be so honored...

Civil War events feature minstrel song revival

David Dishneau, Associated Press

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) - With their slouch hats, whiskers and time-worn instruments, members of the 2nd South Carolina String Band look and sound like a Civil War camp band..

Oldest living Tuskegee Airman is finally honored

Kunbi Tinuoye

theGRIO REPORT - America’s oldest Tuskegee airman has finally been honored seven decades after he fought in World War II...

On this day in 1965: Voting Rights Act becomes law

theGrio

On August 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law.

Sen. Robert Byrd sought civil rights FBI files

Lawrence Messina, Associated Press

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd obtained secret FBI documents about the civil rights movement that were leaked by the CIA and triggered an angry confrontation between the two agencies in the 1960s, according to newly released FBI records...

Spike Lee offers to pay off Malcolm X's debt

Chivone Smith

theGRIO REPORT - Spike Lee has offered to pay off Malcolm X’s Manhattan estate storage debt. The Manhattan Mini storage management has reportedly threatened to auction off items...

Remembering a Montgomery bus boycott hero

Similoluwa Ojurongbe

VIDEO - When Rosa Parks was arrested in 1955 for refusing to sit at the back of the bus, Thelma Glass went to work organizing a boycott of the bus system in Montgomery, Alabama...

How George Jefferson helped black America 'move on up'

Ronda Racha Penrice

OPINION - Black viewers absolutely loved George Jefferson for telling white people off every week as well as for becoming rich on his own term...

Rare black heritage collection on chopping block

Ronda Racha Penrice

If no acceptable terms are presented, a creditor plans to petition to begin selling off the Montague African American Collection Catalogue, a priceless group of black history artifacts.

3-day Kansas event to honor black Civil War soldiers

Associated Press

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...