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TheGrio Reflects - Vonetta Flowers was the first African-American to win a gold medal in the Winter Olympics.
THEGRIO REFLECTS - Hollywood granted a long-delayed wish to Hattie McDaniel, the first African-American to win an Oscar.
Marian Anderson died at the age of 96 in Portland, Oregon. The greatest singer of her day, she wanted to
On September 29, 1999 President William Jefferson Clinton honored singer Aretha Franklin for her great talent. Aretha Franklin was born
A study was conducted by two communications professors at the University of Massachusetts, Sut Jhally and Justin Lewis. The professors
On February 7th, 1883, James Hubert “Eubie” Blake, pianist and composer, was born in Maryland the son of freed slaves.
In 2001, Vanessa McCaskill joined the ranks of millions of African-American women diagnosed with breast cancer. “I was only 36-years-old.
In an interview, Julius Erving discusses his motivation for his continued success. “Well I think right now I’m a young
After the Civil War, a group of influential Southerners promised that a “New South” would rise, complete with new industries,
When the Civil War was over, Joe Davis who’s brother Jefferson was President of the defeated Confederacy, had to set