'42' is a hit: Is it a home run for black America?
theGRIO REPORT - Could the success of '42' all suggest a growing audience for feel-good films that result in racial harmony?...
Kerry Washington wins Image Awards
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Kerry Washington was a triple threat at the NAACP Image Awards...
'Flight,' 'Django Unchained' among NAACP Image Award nominees
LOS ANGELES (AP) - 'Flight,' ''Django Unchained,' 'Beasts of the Southern Wild,' 'Red Tails' and 'Tyler Perry's Good Deeds' are up for the outstanding motion picture trophy at the 44th annual NAACP Image Awards...
Tuskegee Airman Herbert Carter dead
theGRIO REPORT - Tuskegee Airman Herbert Carter died Thursday at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika...
theGrio's top 10 films about racial injustice
SLIDESHOW - Here are theGrio's picks of the most memorable films that dealt with racial injustice...
Fifth grade girls not allowed at 'Red Tails' screening
DALLAS (AP) - When 5,700 fifth-grade boys in Dallas' public schools recently went to see a movie about black fighter pilots in World War II, the girls stayed in school and saw a different movie instead...
George Lucas will recieve NAACP Vanguard Award
The Vanguard Award is presented to a person whose groundbreaking work increases understanding and awareness of racial and social issues, the organization said...
Spike Lee lashes out on Hollywood at Sundance
theGRIO REPORT - The premiere of Spike Lee's latest film, 'Red Hook Summer' received mixed reviews by an audience at the Sundance Film Festival, prompting Lee to burst into a tirade...
Did Tyler Perry help boost Red Tails' box office?
theGRIO REPORT - 'Red Tails' came had a strong opening at the box office this weekend, and many are saying that the Tyler Perry helped....
Slideshow: The Tuskegee Airmen's legacy still soars
SLIDESHOW - America's first black military fighter pilots, the Tuskegee Airmen used their intelligence, skill, and courage to ignore discrimination and break racial barriers...
