Rand Paul fails black history at Howard
OPINION - During a speech at Howard University, Rand Paul made his case for blacks supporting the Republican Party. Unfortunately, he was pitching a GOP that hasn't existed for more than 100 years...
'Why '44' embraced the movie '42'
OPINION - When President Barack Obama embraced Rachel Robinson, the 90-year-old widow of baseball Hall of Fame legend Jackie Robinson on Tuesday, he did so as a man in a unique position to relate to her late husband's story...
Hugo Chavez's lessons for Africa
OPINION - The day after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s death, students in the West African country of Ghana were marching...
Why black women's history is important to commemorate
ESSAY - As Women's History Month progresses on theGrio, we invite you to participate as we fortify ourselves with the powerful histories of the famous and everyday women who have made a way for us to enjoy today...
How to respond to Black History Month doubters
OPINION - Every February 1st, it happens like clockwork. Folks complain. On Twitter and Facebook, in idle chatter before meetings and around the water cooler someone wonders aloud why there has to be Black History Month...
Black History Month: Celebrating African-American female inventors
MADAME NOIRE - Part of the Black History Month celebration is to take a look back at all of the significant contributions that African Americans have made to this country, and to mankind as a whole...
Smithsonian curators scout for Obama artifacts
WASHINGTON (AP) — As crowds descended and the inauguration unfolded, a few museum curators in Washington kept watch for symbols and messages that would make history...
theGrio's 100: Dylan C. Penningroth, behind groundbreaking research in slavery
theGRIO's 100 - Dylan C. Penningroth is a history professor at Northwestern University, who specializes in African-American socio-legal history...
Boston's first black police officer honored for breaking barriers in 1878
Sergeant Horatio J. Homer broke barriers by becoming the first African-American police officer in Boston's history in 1878, but over the decades his legacy was largely forgotten.
New stamp celebrates Emancipation Proclamation's 150th anniversary
theGRIO REPORT - The U.S. Postal service has released a limited-edition stamp to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Emancipation Proclamation Forever Stamp...
