'Mad Men' recreates the day MLK died
theGRIO REPORT - 'Mad Men', the critically acclaimed AMC drama series about advertising executives in the 1960s, recreated an incredibly historic moment in the civil rights struggle on tonight's episode...
Teyonah Parris plays Mad Men's 1st black regular
After seasons of criticism for portraying a virtually all-white world, 'Mad Men' producers cast Teyonah Parris to play Dawn Chambers, the first black employee at the fictional Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce...
'Mad Men': 5th season brings their 1st official black employee
The fifth season of 'Mad Men' has introduced Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce's first African-American employee...
Black women battle 'Mad Men' in corporate America
As Rebecca Carroll watched the season premiere of 'Mad Men' she was reminded of time when racial inequality was acceptable...
'Mad Men' makes nod to civil rights movement
theGRIO REPORT - 'Mad Men' made a rare nod to the civil rights movement, which was jarring for a show that has been criticized at times for "focusing almost entirely on an all-white...
Do nostalgic TV shows whitewash history?
OPINION - While laudable for their realism and lifting the veneer of innocence and purity of the time periods they depict (some better than others), there is a possible drawback...
Where are the black people on 'Mad Men'?
OPINION - Our collective angst and organized resistance against narratives that don't include us can breed an unwarranted sense of entitlement...
