Black History Month

Baltimore's oldest black cemetery finally gets facelift

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Agency honors 1st black federal officer killed in line of duty

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Huey Newton speech in defense of gay rights gains new relevance after Obama about-face

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Are black home-schooled students making the grade?

theGRIO REPORT - A new research effort aims to find out how African-American home-schoolers stack up academically against students in…
/ May 15, 2012

Brandon Marshall cleared of wrongdoing in nightclub incident

CHICAGO - Bears fans can breathe a sigh of relief. According to an ESPN report, Brandon Marshall will be cleared…
/ May 15, 2012

Protecting the Gullah culture: How to preserve your own family history

The National Park Service has designated lands from North Carolina to Florida as protected land to be preserved in commemoration…
/ May 11, 2012

Black Studies isn't 'claptrap' and is vital to intellectual diversity

OPINION - The all-too-familiar dismissive tone and the requisite squabbles that accompany these attacks are normal fare for what constitute…
/ May 10, 2012

Black America captured in photographs of 1970s 'Harlem, U.S.A' (SLIDESHOW)

SLIDESHOW - During that time, Harlem lost a third of its residents who sought refuge from its increasing crime and…
/ May 9, 2012

Chronicle of Higher Education blogger fired for calling Black Studies 'claptrap'

Naomi Schaefer Riley, blogger for 'The Chronicle of Higher Education', recently parted ways with the site after outrage over an…
/ May 9, 2012

Black history collection could be broken up, sold to highest bidder

Nathaniel 'Magnificent' Montague spent more than 50 years collecting rare artifacts of black history and culture. Facing bankruptcy, he lost…
/ May 8, 2012

National Cathedral to install statue of Rosa Parks

WASHINGTON (AP) - Washington National Cathedral is preparing to dedicate a new carving of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks in…
/ May 8, 2012

Julian Bond, former NAACP chairman, hopes activists of today learn civil rights history

theGRIO REPORT - Veteran NAACP leader and former professor of civil rights Julian Bond hopes that renewed interest in activism…
/ May 7, 2012

PBS's 'American Experience' to create 1-hour segment on Jesse Owens

PBS's series 'American Experience' will honor Jesse Owens with a 1-hour look at his life and Olympic career...
/ May 1, 2012

Black female politicians who made history

MADAME NOIRE - Some black women have been trailblazers in the political arena, shaping history and leaving a legacy that…
/ April 30, 2012

'Uprising' captures hip-hop spirit inspired by LA riots

theGRIO REPORT - 'Uprising' makes a case for hip-hop, predominately coming from the West Coast at that time, as being…
/ April 27, 2012