Tuskegee airmen honored guests at inaugural
WASHINGTON (AP) - They sat in wheelchairs as honored guests at President Barack Obama's second inaugural, attended to almost minute-by-minute by active duty members of the military...
Ebony editor who grew up black in Nazi Germany dies
MIAMI (AP) - Hans Massaquoi, a former managing editor of Ebony magazine who wrote a memoir about his unusual childhood growing up Germany, has died. He was 87...
Tarantino's next film may be about black WWII soldiers
theGRIO REPORT - Fans of Quentin Tarantino's last two films, Inglorious Basterds and Django Unchained, should be excited about the director's next potential project...
Oldest living Tuskegee Airman is finally honored
theGRIO REPORT - America’s oldest Tuskegee airman has finally been honored seven decades after he fought in World War II...
Congress honors black Marines
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of African-American veterans who helped to integrate the Marine Corps during World War II at a time segregation was an everyday reality are now proud recipients of the nation's highest civilian honor.
1st black Marines honored by Congress
Congress will honor those African=Americans that broke the color barrier to fight for their country...
How Harry Truman desegregated the military
theGRIO REPORT - When President Harry Truman signed an executive order on July 26, 1948, calling for the desegregation of the military, it was the beginning, not the end, of the fight for African-Americans to fight alongside white troops...
How WWII vets helped lead the civil rights fight
theGRIO REPORT - Black veterans, especially those who fought in World War II, served critical roles in raising national and international awareness about Jim Crow...
Honor black America's truest heroes
OPINION - As we memorialize and pay tribute to all of our fallen heroes on this year’s Memorial Day, it is important to embrace those soldiers who have been historically overlooked...
Hidden WWII film could aid today's vets
MSNBC: - 'The guns are quiet now,' is the first line in John Huston's 1946 short film, 'Let There Be Light,' which focuses on World War II veterans dealing with what we'd today call post-traumatic stress disorder...
