Black History Month

WASHINGTON (AP) - Oscar Michaeux was a director, screenwriter, producer and distributor who was involved in more than 40 films…
/ June 23, 2010
RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) - A 1860s photo of black boys sells for thousands and captures a vivid scene of…
/ June 10, 2010
VIDEO - For a special unit of black men, they weren't only battling the enemy abroad; they were fighting for…
/ June 9, 2010
ATLANTA (AP) - Today, infighting and allegations of financial mismanagement are threatening to undermine the social justice group King co-founded…
/ June 1, 2010
VIDEO - One of the largest collections of slavery-era pottery is set to go on display in South Carolina...
/ May 27, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - A professor might have walked away with it. Perhaps it was stolen, then sold to a collector.…
/ May 27, 2010
THE GRIO REPORT - Malcolm X's unpublished thoughts on race, his life and his work were unveiled just a few…
/ May 20, 2010
ATLANTA (AP) - The feuding groups were once part of the same board, but have met and functioned separately since…
/ May 19, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Jones, whose 70-year career included a stint as Ella Fitzgerald's pianist and Marilyn Monroe's accompanist when…
/ May 17, 2010
VIDEO - In honor of the passing of entertainer and activist Lena Horne, theGrio and NBC Nightly News remember the…
/ May 11, 2010
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The violent confrontation marked the first time authorities in the United States had dropped a bomb on…
/ May 11, 2010
SLIDESHOW - She once said that one of the reasons for her success was that she was "a kind of…
/ May 10, 2010