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In 1960, Ruby Bridges was only 6 when she walked passed an angry mob to become the first black student…
VIDEO -- Maya Angelou says rumors of her illness or death is greatly exaggerated. She is alive and well...
A prominent African cardinal said Monday there was no reason why the next pope couldn't be black.
OPINION - It is becoming increasingly apparent that the lives of these Real Housewives are much more real than the…
Columbia's first Catholic high school will be named after the nation's first known black priest. The Rev. Augustine Tolton was…
A federal appeals court on Monday halted the execution of an inmate three weeks after problems with a lethal injection…
OPINION - The truth is that I don't believe a single word of the Nike dismissal. They know that Vick…
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (AP) -- Herman Thomas had an enviable political record as a black Democrat elected and re-elected in a…
WASHINGTON (AP) - Job hunters will face long odds well into next year. As the unemployment rate inches closer to…
VIDEO - TheGrio and CNBC team up to deliver a weekly preview of money matters and market updates for our…
NAACP president and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous returned to Rockford on Saturday for his second rally in the city about…
CHICAGO (AP) -- The funeral of a Chicago teen who was beaten to death on his way home from school…
ATLANTA (AP) -- The former fiance of a cast member from "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" died Friday night after…
VIDEO - TheGrio and CNBC team up to deliver a weekly preview of money matters and market updates for our…
ROCKFORD, IIl. (AP) -- The Aug. 24 death of Mark Anthony Barmore has created racial tension in this northern Illinois…
BOSTON (AP) - Wyclef Jean is going back to school to earn a degree from Boston's Berklee College of Music.
In an exclusive interview with ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis, ESSENCE.com talks about the scandal, accountability, and why she says the…
We get the latest on the African American buzz in hollywood from our friends at HipHollywood.com. In this week’s HipHollywood
VIDEO - The U.S. unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent in September as employers cut far more jobs than expected...
OPINION - Chicago, once a haven for black culture and economic progress, has become more dangerous for black youth than…