Black History Month

New historical monument honors last American slave to die

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

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Blues legend Robert Johnson could get highway honor

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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

Hey, Hollywood, adapt these black stories ASAP! (SLIDESHOW)

SLIDESHOW - Why has there never been a big screen version of Harriet Tubman's story? Wouldn't a film about Marcus…
/ February 22, 2012

theGrio's 100 slideshow: Trailblazers in the arts

SLIDESHOW - These 10 trailblazers are making their mark in areas of the arts where people of color traditionally have…
/ February 21, 2012

African-American history museum to open in 2015

From Bloomberg Businessweek-- The $500 million branch of the Smithsonian in Washington breaks ground tomorrow for an opening in the…
/ February 21, 2012

TheGrio's 100: Desiree Rogers, From White House to CEO of Johnson Publishing

theGRIO'S 100 - Desiree Rogers was the White House social secretary during President Obama's first year and a half in…
/ February 21, 2012

The top 10 worst US presidents for black America (SLIDESHOW)

SLIDESHOW - These presidents failed black America by either being indifferent, ineffective or hostile when dealing with crises like slavery,…
/ February 20, 2012

President's Day: Which US presidents owned slaves?

Here it is again, the intersection of Presidents Day and Black History Month. Eight of our early presidents, beginning with…
/ February 20, 2012

The top 10 best US presidents for black America (SLIDESHOW)

SLIDESHOW - America has had 44 presidents, each of whom has had varying degrees of influence, for better or worse,…
/ February 20, 2012

Priscilla's story: detailed slave records link one African-American family to remarkable ancestor

VIDEO - The Martin family knows something about themselves that few if any families will ever learn about their past.…
/ February 20, 2012

TheGrio's 100: Melissa Harris-Perry, bringing race and politics to the forefront

theGRIO's 100 - After guest-hosting for MSNBC's 'Rachel Maddow Show' and appearing on MSNBC and NBC for years, Melissa Harris-Perry…
/ February 19, 2012

TheGrio's 100: Maya Rudolph, comedienne on big and small screen

theGRIO's 100 - Actress and comedienne Maya Rudolph has been making us laugh for more than a decade...
/ February 18, 2012