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February 1, 2012
VIDEO - Back in 1974 a young Al Sharpton appeared on 'Soul Train' with Don Cornelius, and Rev. Sharpton's idol,…
February 1, 2012
VIDEO - The Obama campaign Wednesday officially launched 'African-Americans for Obama', their program to get blacks to turn out in…
February 1, 2012
VIDEO - Rev. Al Sharpton and Rick Tyler, a strategist for the Gingrich-backing super-PAC, Winning Our Future, entered into a…
February 1, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Rep. Allen West, one of only two black Republicans in Congress, will switch districts in the southeastern…
February 1, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - What history was made on this day?
February 1, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney told CNN in an interview Thursday the 'very poor, that's not my focus'...
February 1, 2012
OPINION - 'Soul Train' always managed to stay fresh, alluring and project the unmistakable magnetism of black dance, song and…
February 1, 2012
theGRIO's 100 - You don't often hear the sounds of a cello and beatboxer at the same time, Kevin Olusola…
February 1, 2012
VIDEO - First Lady Michelle Obama appeared on Jay Leno last night, revealing a few facts we may not have…
February 1, 2012
The 43-year-old star of NBC's hit show 30 Rock has reportedly offered his mother, Alicia Warden, $2,000 to help her…
February 1, 2012
Don Cornelius, the legendary host of 'Soul Train', is reportedly dead this morning from what is rumored to be a…
February 1, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) -The president asked an online town hall questioner Monday to send him her husband's resume, insisting he wanted…
February 1, 2012
theGRIO's 100 - Alvin Brown became the mayor of Jacksonville, Florida last July after winning by a mere 1,648 votes…
February 1, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - According to a preliminary Census analysis, roughly one million respondents were in the black category but specified…
January 31, 2012
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Actor Sean Penn has been named ambassador at large for Haiti in recognition of his humanitarian…
January 31, 2012
These 10 African-Americans have taken the media world by storm.
January 31, 2012
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - Rap-reggae pioneer King Stitt has died in Jamaica at age 72...
January 31, 2012
MADAME NOIRE - Over the last few years, in the entertainment business, we have heard an enormous group of unknown,…
January 31, 2012
Politico reported Tuesday that former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is considering a 2012 vote for Barack Obama...
January 31, 2012
theGRIOs 100 - As Florida Gov. Rick Scott's second-in-command, Jennifer Carroll is the first African-American Republican woman on a statewide…