Black History Month

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
VIDEO - For some black students, attending elite private schools can mean walking a delicate line between home life and…
/ May 10, 2010
Trading verbal jabs about one's mother strengthened a lot of black men against their harsh reality...
/ May 7, 2010
SLIDESHOW - Noting Height's trademark attire, Obama said, "we loved those hats she wore like a crown. Regal."...
/ April 29, 2010
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The private boarding school for underprivileged students now led by Autumn Adkins, who describes herself simply as…
/ April 26, 2010
SLIDESHOW - theGrio checks out 10 African-American museums for your next travel destination...
/ April 24, 2010
VIDEO - TheGrios 100 - Will Allen of Growing Power aims to help bring about the "good food revolution...
/ April 22, 2010
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - After years of fighting for social justice, civil rights leader Benjamin L. Hooks will be laid…
/ April 21, 2010
SLIDESHOW - Height, whose activism on behalf of women and minorities dated to the New Deal, led the National Council…
/ April 20, 2010
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - Down here, there are no memorials to ancient battles, no ornate headstones honoring long-dead dignitaries...
/ April 20, 2010
OPINION - Dorothy Height reminds us that even long lives are far too short, and that the time for action…
/ April 20, 2010