Obama's Juneteenth proclamation
President Barack Obama on Tuesday issued a proclamation commemorating Juneteenth, the annual remembrance of the formal end of slavery in the American south.
Historic Penn Center celebrates 150 anniversary
theGRIO REPORT - Welcoming over 10,000 visitors a year, the Penn Center, which has 19 buildings in all and a menu of Gullah meals, serves as a critical link to an important era in this nation’s history...
Adidas cancels ankle-cuff sneaker
(AP) - Adidas canceled plans for a sneaker with a shackle-like ankle cuff Monday night after some critics said it too closely resembled a symbol of slavery...
Adidas shoes spark racial reaction
theGRIO REPORT - Adidas has released a new shoe design set to hit stoess in August. Their design is causing a chain of racial reactions...
Juneteenth offers black community much to celebrate
The annual Juneteenth celebration in Stockton is the anniversary of Texas abolishing of slavery...
19th century middle class black household excavated
theGRIO REPORT - University of Michigan archaeologists have resumed their dig of the home to James Holliday, a freed slave and one of the first African-Americans to work as a cook at the Annapolis Naval Academy...
Dred Scott statue to be unveiled in St. Louis
The first statue of Dred Scott will be unveiled today in St. Louis, Missouri in front of the historic Old Courthouse...
Scholars look at Civil War anew
ALBANY, N.Y. - Nearly 150 years after the last fusillade of the Civil War, historians, authors and museum curators are still finding new topics to explore as the nation commemorates the sesquicentennial of America's bloodiest conflict....
'Django' may be slave to expectations
OPINION - Given Tarantino's established history and the brutal realities of the slavery era, anyone looking for cultural sensitivity or political correctness may want to look elsewhere...
The roots of homophobia in black America
OPINION - While the African-Americans and LGBT communities have each experienced a legacy of oppression and a struggle for equality that shares some similarities, resentment has existed between the two groups...
