Black History Month

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- Eighty-six-year-old Johnnie Leach leans on his cane as he sits in warm sunshine on the steps…
/ June 3, 2009
Saturday, hundreds of people came out to General Edward O. Gourdin Park to help honor the rich history of African…
/ May 25, 2009
VIDEO - Washington - A statue of a former slave who became a women's rights activist is now on display…
/ May 22, 2009
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/ February 5, 2009
THEGRIO REFLECTS - Hollywood granted a long-delayed wish to Hattie McDaniel, the first African-American to win an Oscar.
/ February 2, 2009
Marian Anderson died at the age of 96 in Portland, Oregon. The greatest singer of her day, she wanted to
/ February 2, 2009
On September 29, 1999 President William Jefferson Clinton honored singer Aretha Franklin for her great talent. Aretha Franklin was born
/ February 2, 2009
A study was conducted by two communications professors at the University of Massachusetts, Sut Jhally and Justin Lewis. The professors
/ February 2, 2009
On February 7th, 1883, James Hubert “Eubie” Blake, pianist and composer, was born in Maryland the son of freed slaves.
/ February 2, 2009
In 2001, Vanessa McCaskill joined the ranks of millions of African-American women diagnosed with breast cancer. “I was only 36-years-old.
/ February 2, 2009