Black History Month

TheGrio's 100 - Lynn Nottage calls herself a warrior writer. The New York playwright inspires with honest portrayals of strong…
/ March 26, 2010
ATLANTA (AP) - Years after author Alex Haley first encouraged blacks to research their roots, many are digging into attics…
/ March 25, 2010
theGRIO VIDEO - At 22, Johnathan Lee Iverson became the youngest and first African-American ringmaster at Ringling Bros. and Barnum…
/ March 25, 2010
ALBANY, New York (AP) - One of three men convicted of killing civil rights activist Malcolm X 45 years ago…
/ March 22, 2010
FAIRFAX, Virginia (AP) - President Obama delivered a closing argument for the goal to which he has devoted much of…
/ March 19, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Amistad, a U.S.-flagged vessel headed for largely forbidden Cuban waters is a symbol of both a…
/ March 18, 2010
VIDEO - Women's history month is the time to give recognition to those that have made great strides spanning all…
/ March 12, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Tourists and history buffs will be able to see some rare, personal belongings of abolitionist Harriet Tubman…
/ March 11, 2010
VIDEO - Take a ride down Broad Street in Selma, and history will greet you nearly every block...
/ March 11, 2010
VIDEO - The carefully constructed, three-hour interviews open a window not only onto black America, but also onto the human…
/ March 10, 2010
TheGrio's 100 - As a rocket scientist, Spio gained notoriety when she joined Boeing as the Head of Satellite Communications…
/ March 9, 2010
TheGrio's 100 - Tim King was, in his words, the "stereotypical bourgie black kid"...
/ March 9, 2010