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First lady Michelle Obama delivers the commencement speech during the Bowie State University graduation ceremony at the Comcast Center on the campus of the University of Maryland May 17, 2013 in College Park, Maryland. Obama received and Honorary Doctor of Laws degree before addressing the 600 graduates of Maryland's oldest historically black university and one of the ten oldest in the country. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Michelle Obama: Too many 'fantasize about being a baller or a rapper'

Lilly Workneh
theGRIO REPORT - First lady Michelle Obama addressed Bowie State University's graduating class on Friday and delivered a speech drawing on the importance of earning an education...
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: Bertrand L. Taylor III, a member of the Monticello Cabinet of The Thomas Jefferson Foundation, takes photographs of the statue of Thomas Jefferson after the 69th annual Jefferson Memorial Ceremony April 13, 2012 at Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC. The ceremony was to commemorate the 269th anniversary of the birthday of Thomas Jefferson. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

$10M gift for slave quarters at Jefferson estate

Brett Zongker, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - One-time slave quarters will be recreated at former U.S. President Thomas Jefferson's home...
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) talks with reporters as Senate Republicans and Democrats head to their weekly policy luncheon on March 19, 2013 in Washington, DC. The Senate is expected to pass a revised continuing resolution and send their edits back to the House in order to prevent a government shutdown next week, but any action in the Senate may be delayed until later in the week. (Photo by T.J. Kirkpatrick/Getty Images)

Rand Paul, you can talk about black history -- just get it right

Demetria Irwin
OPINION - Some GOPers, Sen. Paul included, love to bring up the fact that Abraham Lincoln 'freed the slaves'...
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Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) addresses a breakfast meeting of the 2013 Annual Legislative Summit of U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) March 19, 2013 at Capitol Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC. Paul spoke on immigration and he announced his endorsement for a pathway for the 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States to become citizens. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Rand Paul fails black history at Howard

Joy-Ann Reid
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...
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Ala. rep shocks colleagues with slavery remarks

Associated Press
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama House leader says a black lawmaker will not face punishment for referring in an email to a white constituent's ancestors as incestuous slave owners...
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Frederick Douglass (file photo)

Would Frederick Douglass still be a Republican?

Blair L.M. Kelley
OPINION - This week it was sad to see Frederick Douglass’s legacy cheapened as members of the right-wing sought to use his name as some kind of political racial shield...
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Alex Campbell

One victim's harrowing account of 'modern-day slavery'

theGrio
NBC Chicago - Alex Campbell was an expert of the underground world of human trafficking, known familiarly as pimping and prostitution.
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Slavery-math homework causes uproar at school

Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - A school principal said she's 'appalled' by a homework assignment that used scenarios about killing and whipping slaves to teach math...
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Emory University President James Wagner (R) introduces former President Jimmy Carter during Carter's 28th annual town hall meeting at Emory University on September 16, 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia. Carter answered Emory students' questions ranging in topics from racism, health care and the Middle East during the one-hour town hall meeting. (Photo by Jessica McGowan/Getty Images)

Emory president fighting for his job after slavery comments

Kunbi Tinuoye
theGRIO REPORT - Emory University president James Wagner is fighting to save his career following widespread criticism over controversial remarks he made about slavery in a university publication...
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Abraham Lincoln (File Photo)

Lincoln museum to display iconic stovepipe hat

Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A stovepipe hat worn by Abraham Lincoln is going on display at the Springfield library and museum that bear his name...
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