Black History Month

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Dick Clark may have worked in bigger cities over the course of his long entertainment career, but…
/ April 19, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball is honoring Jackie Robinson and his legacy with tributes at every ballpark....
/ April 15, 2012
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Jazz lovers and cultural officials in Philadelphia are promoting a fundraising effort to save the run-down John…
/ April 13, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The rich history of Georgia's black legislators has been captured in an exciting exhibit at an African-American…
/ April 12, 2012
Lost in all the hoopla surrounding the 3-D re-release of the 1997 blockbuster has been revelations about the black passengers…
/ April 9, 2012
VIDEO - In the interview, Malcolm X explains to Mike Wallace, 'Frustration itself has been sufficient, all that was necessary…
/ April 9, 2012
ATLANTA (AP) - Two of Martin Luther King Jr.'s children on Wednesday marked the 44th anniversary of his death by…
/ April 4, 2012
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Sculptor and printmaker Elizabeth Catlett, a U.S. expatriate renowned for her dignified portrayals of African-American and…
/ April 4, 2012
Chicago's Urban Prep Academy will continue it's remarkable run this year, as its entire all-male, All-African-American class of graduates have…
/ March 30, 2012
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Since becoming the first African-American to graduate from the Coast Guard Academy in 1966, Merle Smith…
/ March 30, 2012
Rev. Addie Wyatt has passed away at the age of 88 at Advocate Trinity Hospital. Wyatt dedicated her life to…
/ March 30, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery is opening two new exhibits that retrace the history of the Civil…
/ March 30, 2012