Black History Month

TheGrio’s 100: Keith Ellison, Minnesota’s first Muslim congressman

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TheGrio’s 100: Rihanna, Barbadian songstress taking over the world

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TheGrio’s 100: Gabi Gregg, tweeting her way into MTV history

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TheGrio’s 100: Isaiah Mustafa, Old Spice pitchman makes splash with new media

TheGrio's 100 - Isaiah Mustafa is the face -- and chest -- behind "The Man Your Man Could Smell Like,"…
/ February 2, 2011

How do we teach black history in the future?

OPINION - Since the classroom and textbooks have been an imperfect way of educating students about African-American history, the future…
/ February 2, 2011

TheGrio’s 100: Cedric Richmond, keeping Washington’s eye on Louisiana

TheGrio's 100 - As the sole candidate President Barack Obama endorsed with a television commercial in that election, Richmond serves…
/ February 2, 2011

TheGrio’s 100: Robert Bobb, causing controversy and innovation in Detroit’s public schools

TheGrio's 100 - In 2009, with a deficit of $219 million, the Detroit Public School system was in a state…
/ February 2, 2011

TheGrio’s 100: Cora Marrett, holding US to higher standards for science education

TheGrio's 100 - The National Science Foundation keeps American colleges and universities on the cutting edge of technology, funding 20…
/ February 2, 2011

TheGrio launches a Foursquare badge for black history

TheGrio.com and Foursquare have teamed up to create a black history "badge". Foursquare users can check in at more than…
/ February 1, 2011

B&B ties to Underground Railroad uncovered

MSNBC - Secret rooms. Hidden passageways. Trap doors. An underground escape route through a network of caves, surfacing at a…
/ February 1, 2011

Small-town paper links ex-Klansman to ’64 killing

FERRIDAY, La. (AP) - Arthur Leonard Spencer says sure, he made some mistakes back when he was a "snot-nose kid,"…
/ February 1, 2011

NYC museum features exhibition on Apollo Theater

NEW YORK (AP) - A new exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York will highlight these and…
/ February 1, 2011

TheGrio’s 100: Linda Fondren, moving Mississippi to get healthy

TheGrio's 100 - After obesity factored in her sister's death, Linda Fondren made it her mission to get Mississippi, the…
/ February 1, 2011

TheGrio’s 100: Sujari Britt, kid cellist with White House show under her bow (VIDEO)

TheGrio's 100 - Most professional musicians dedicate at least a decade to their instruments before being invited to perform at…
/ February 1, 2011

Revisionism reminds us why we need Black History Month

OPINION - Considering the constant stream of half-truths and whole lies it must combat, Black History Month definitely has not…
/ February 1, 2011