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February 22, 2013
theGRIO's 100 - Kerry Washington made her mark on Hollywood in 2012, starring in her successful TV sitcom Scandal and…
February 21, 2013
Cosmetics giant MAC has teamed with Rihanna for a multi-season collaboration that will yield four distinct makeup collections to be…
February 21, 2013
OPINION - Clearly black people have reclaimed and re-purposed the word over scores of years, but not even your favorite…
February 21, 2013
OPINION - Harlem residents have voiced their disdain for the Harlem Shake meme, declaring that the silly dance is not…
February 21, 2013
theGRIO's 100 - Nick Cave, 53, is a Chicago-based visual artist whose “Soundsuits” are bringing the fine art world a…
February 21, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - WorldStarHipHop is a website that has become infamous for featuring surreptitiously filmed violent altercations, but last week…
February 21, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sesame Street's Big Bird is helping Michelle Obama encourage kids to eat healthier and be more active...
February 21, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - The incident started with a search for a colleague who went missing in Florida's Osceola County Jail...
February 21, 2013
theGRIO Q&A - Robert Smalls is recognized as one of Civil War heroes who commandeered a confederate ship, the CSS…
February 21, 2013
theGRIO's 100 - Claressa Shields is a 17-year-old boxer and Flint, Michigan native who earned a gold medal in London…
February 21, 2013
theGRIO Q&A - Walker is credited with being the first female self-made millionaire through her successful beauty and hair product…
February 21, 2013
theGRIO Q&A - Booker T. Washington is known as one of the most influential black educators in the late 19th…
February 20, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - While Michelle Obama’s bangs might be a sign of mid-life stress, as she has described them, it…
February 20, 2013
theGRIO Q&A - W.E.B. Du Bois was a prominent scholar and civil-rights activist who co-founded the National Association for the…
February 20, 2013
theGRIO Q&A - Ida B. Wells was one of the most prominent black journalists and newspaper editors at the time…