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October 5, 2009
In 1960, Ruby Bridges was only 6 when she walked passed an angry mob to become the first black student…
October 5, 2009
VIDEO -- Maya Angelou says rumors of her illness or death is greatly exaggerated. She is alive and well...
October 5, 2009
A prominent African cardinal said Monday there was no reason why the next pope couldn't be black.
October 5, 2009
OPINION - It is becoming increasingly apparent that the lives of these Real Housewives are much more real than the…
October 5, 2009
Columbia's first Catholic high school will be named after the nation's first known black priest. The Rev. Augustine Tolton was…
October 5, 2009
A federal appeals court on Monday halted the execution of an inmate three weeks after problems with a lethal injection…
October 5, 2009
OPINION - The truth is that I don't believe a single word of the Nike dismissal. They know that Vick…
October 5, 2009
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (AP) -- Herman Thomas had an enviable political record as a black Democrat elected and re-elected in a…
October 5, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) - Job hunters will face long odds well into next year. As the unemployment rate inches closer to…
October 5, 2009
VIDEO - TheGrio and CNBC team up to deliver a weekly preview of money matters and market updates for our…
October 4, 2009
NAACP president and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous returned to Rockford on Saturday for his second rally in the city about…
October 4, 2009
CHICAGO (AP) -- The funeral of a Chicago teen who was beaten to death on his way home from school…
October 3, 2009
ATLANTA (AP) -- The former fiance of a cast member from "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" died Friday night after…
October 2, 2009
VIDEO - TheGrio and CNBC team up to deliver a weekly preview of money matters and market updates for our…
October 2, 2009
ROCKFORD, IIl. (AP) -- The Aug. 24 death of Mark Anthony Barmore has created racial tension in this northern Illinois…
October 2, 2009
BOSTON (AP) - Wyclef Jean is going back to school to earn a degree from Boston's Berklee College of Music.
October 2, 2009
In an exclusive interview with ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis, ESSENCE.com talks about the scandal, accountability, and why she says the…
October 2, 2009
We get the latest on the African American buzz in hollywood from our friends at HipHollywood.com. In this week’s HipHollywood
October 2, 2009
VIDEO - The U.S. unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent in September as employers cut far more jobs than expected...
October 2, 2009
OPINION - Chicago, once a haven for black culture and economic progress, has become more dangerous for black youth than…