Black History Month

In anticipation of Barack Obama’s arrival to Ghana today, theGrio reflects on former President Bill Clinton’s twelve-day tour of Africa
/ July 10, 2009
ALSIP, Illinois (AP) -- While Till's grave site was not disturbed, Sheriff Tom Dart said investigators found his original iconic…
/ July 10, 2009
On the eve of President Obama’s visit to Ghana, theGrio looks back to when the country first celebrated its independence
/ July 9, 2009
Pentecostalism is the fastest growing religion in Africa. Once cleansed, the church offers more to the believer: specific prayers to
/ July 8, 2009
KYLE HARVEY James Young recently made history in Philadelphia, Mississippi after defeating the incumbent Rayburn Waddell by 46 votes. On
/ July 4, 2009
July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act in the company of Martin Luther King Jr.
/ July 2, 2009
On the eve of Juneteenth, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution apologizing for slavery. The gesture sparked lots of debate
/ June 25, 2009
(AP Photo/ Charlie Tasanadi, File) CAL WOODWARD Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Watergate scandal grew into a
/ June 24, 2009
Modern day school segregation and the academic achievement gap looms as the last vestige of a nearly completed civil rights
/ June 23, 2009
In light of today’s Supreme Court decision to exempt a district in Texas from the Voting Rights Act , theGrio.com
/ June 22, 2009
MARY BENTON Since 1979, Texas has celebrated the end of slavery on June 19. But on Galveston Island, the true
/ June 19, 2009
KEVIN JOHNSON Southwest Louisiana knows how to party, and Juneteenth celebrations are no different. Juneteenth is a celebration of the
/ June 19, 2009