Black History Month

At long last, an American hero who earned a place in the hearts of many West Virginians is being honored…
/ December 7, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Issues of sexual harassment seem to be increasing within schools in recent years. Researchers say sexual harassment…
/ December 7, 2011
CHICAGO (AP) -- The almost 147-year-old document signifying the end of slavery is made of animal skin, which was creased…
/ December 6, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Rosa Parks is one of the most familiar yet least known figures in the history of the…
/ December 1, 2011
SLIDESHOW - Who will follow in Rosa Parks' footsteps? There are several young women rising through the activism ranks, many…
/ December 1, 2011
VIDEO - In her first TV interview, Hall tells NBC's Harry Smith on 'Rock Center', that although she accepts responsibility…
/ November 29, 2011
BOSTON (AP) - Step into the sanctuary of the African Meeting House and you will walk on the same ancient…
/ November 28, 2011
WARNER ROBINS, Ga. (AP) - The new location includes the addition of a replica of a hangar from Moton Field…
/ November 28, 2011
OPINION - For African-Americans, the stakes are high. Black people still suffer from wounds of the civil rights movement, and…
/ November 28, 2011
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Charles "Teenie" Harris had a photographic mission: going beyond the obvious or sensational to capture the essence…
/ November 27, 2011
PELAHATCHIE, Miss. (AP) - On a late-fall evening 46 years ago, gunfire shattered the revelry at a nameless juke joint…
/ November 26, 2011
In some quarters this racial rumor has been whispered about as widely as Hoover's sexuality. Eastwood's avoidance of the issue…
/ November 23, 2011