Black History Month

Sweetgrass basket tradition still alive in South Carolina

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Wayne State University has lowest African-American graduation rate in a black-majority city

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How the auto industry helped build my family

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TheGrio's 100: Kevin Clash, Voice of Elmo brings joy to millions of children

theGRIO's 100 - If you told someone the voice of Elmo belongs to a 51-year-old black man from Baltimore, they'd…
/ February 28, 2012

Anniversary of first African-American to address the house

Menard, a Republican, had apparently won a contest to complete the term of Rep. James Mann, who had died in…
/ February 27, 2012

TheGrio's 100: Ryan Speedo Green, allowed opera to change the course of his life

theGRIO's 100 - Ryan Speedo Green is a rising bass baritone opera star who shirked a life full of obstacles…
/ February 27, 2012

Smithsonian's black museum inspires celebration, competitors' worry

Huge interest and investment in the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture has left executive directors of…
/ February 27, 2012

Florida task force seeks to raise black male graduation rates

A task force in Palm Beach County, led by a district principal, has sets its sights on increasing the graduation…
/ February 27, 2012

TheGrio's 100: Angela Benton, founder of Black Web 2.0, covers the black tech world

theGRIO's 100 - Angela Benton founded Black Web Media in 2007 and created the site Black Web 2.0, which is…
/ February 27, 2012

Slideshow: 20 films that uplifted black America

SLIDESHOW - Whether or not African-Americans make history at the Oscars, we can look back proudly on these films and…
/ February 26, 2012

New historical monument honors last American slave to die

VIDEO - For more than 40 years that man, Sylvester Magee, didn't have a head stone. That changed this week...
/ February 24, 2012

TheGrio's 100: Octavia Spencer, 'Help'-ing bring laughs and drama to the world's stage

theGRIO's 100 - Known mostly for playing characters with sass, Octavia Spencer also has the chops for more serious roles,…
/ February 24, 2012

Blues legend Robert Johnson could get highway honor

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi House has voted to name part of Interstate 55 for blues great Robert Johnson,…
/ February 23, 2012

Obama helps break ground on black history museum

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama heralded a new national black history museum as 'not just a record of tragedy,…
/ February 22, 2012

TheGrio's 100: Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice, Dean of Morehouse School of Medicine

theGRIO's 100 - founder of the Center for Women's Health Research at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, devoted to studying…
/ February 22, 2012