Robert Smalls' great-great grandson says he's the unsung hero of Civil War

theGRIO Q&A - Robert Smalls is recognized as one of Civil War heroes who commandeered a confederate ship, the CSS Planter, freeing himself along with his enslaved crew and their families in 1862...

Black Civil War vets finally honored in Cleveland

Kunbi Tinuoye

theGRIO REPORT - More than 100 black war veterans will finally be recognized at a site in downtown Cleveland that pays homage to men who fought in the American Civil War...

Confederate past: Uproar over changing park names

Adrian Sainz, Associated Press

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The statue of Confederate fighter Nathan Bedford Forrest astride a horse towers above the Memphis park bearing his name...

Newark library displays drawing of slave having sex with white man

Associated Press

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A library that covered up a drawing of a black female slave having sex with a white man after workers found it inappropriate is displaying it again...

Utah college votes to keep 'Dixie' in name amid controversy

Kunbi Tinuoye

theGRIO REPORT - The board of trustees at a college in Utah has unanimously voted to keep the word "Dixie" in its name despite critics saying the word has a racially insensitive link with the Civil War-era Confederacy...

'Django Unchained,' 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' earn producers honors

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Civil War saga 'Lincoln,' the musical 'Les Miserables' and the Osama bin Laden thriller 'Zero Dark Thirty' are among the nominees...

Exhibit to explore history of blacks in medicine during Civil War

Ugonna Okpalaoka

theGRIO REPORT - 'Binding Wounds, Pushing Boundaries' explores African-Americans' contributions as nurses, surgeons and hospital staff during the Civil War...

'Lincoln' falls short on racial issues

Javier David

REVIEW - The film depicts Lincoln as a legend without deep exploration of his belief system, and very seldom shows him interacting with the very same people he’s trying to free...

22 black war veteran graves to be restored

Ugonna Okpalaoka

theGRIO REPORT - A local New York organization is planning a restoration project for nearly two dozen African American war veteran graves in the Town of Rye...

Band defends its display of Confederate flag

Abdul Sada

theGRIO REPORT -American rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, have decided, amidst backlash from their fans, to continue the use of the confederate flag...

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