Black History Month

Yale describes black man's 1858 prison memoir

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Jesse Owens' Olympic gold medal sells for record $1.4M

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Can I kick it?: Hip-hop’s intimate relationship with the sneaker industry

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Jesse Owens' Olympic gold medal up for auction

LAGUNA NIGUEL, California (AP) — One of the four Olympic gold medals won by track and field star Jesse Owens…
/ December 2, 2013

The power of pre-K: Model early ed program in Chicago lifts entire family

NBC News - Mesha Exum wonders how her life would have turned out without a stroke of good luck 11…
/ November 23, 2013

'Chickens come home to roost': Black reactions to JFK's death in 1963

theGRIO REPORT - Prominent black figures of the time expressed sadness and concern following the president's assassination...
/ November 22, 2013

Judge gives 1st OK to end Little Rock schools suit

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge gave preliminary approval Friday to a proposed settlement that would bring an…
/ November 22, 2013

Remembering the real JFK: What is the late president's legacy with black Americans?

ANALYSIS - Rather than remember Kennedy with rose-colored glasses, let us remember him accurately...
/ November 22, 2013

Alabama board approves pardons for 'Scottsboro Boys'

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama's parole board wrote a new ending for the infamous 'Scottsboro Boys' rape case Thursday by…
/ November 21, 2013

'Black at the Assassination': New play illuminates overlooked voices in Dallas

theGRIO REPORT - Black at the Assassination examines what Dallas looked like for blacks in the early 1960’s and the…
/ November 20, 2013

1893 recording of black vocal group up for auction

BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) — One of two copies of the oldest known recording of a black vocal group in the…
/ November 20, 2013

Why Arne Duncan is talking about 'white suburban moms'

ANALYSIS - Duncan, in very impolitic terms, was trying to make an important point: lackluster American schools are not just…
/ November 19, 2013

University of Alabama sorority elects 1st black president

theGRIO REPORT - One of the University of Alabama's majority white sororities elected an African-American president for the first time…
/ November 18, 2013

2 Civil War museums in US team up for new center

RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) - The Museum of the Confederacy and the American Civil War Center are joining forces to build…
/ November 18, 2013

10 things you should know about slavery

theGRIO REPORT - Here are 10 more things to know about the institution that brought millions of people into the…
/ November 16, 2013