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January 23, 2013

Rosa Parks' 100th birthday to be commemorated with US postage stamp

theGRIO REPORT - Rosa Parks, the late legendary civil rights activist, is received a special honor this year to commemorate…
January 23, 2013

Young women and cervical cancer: Pap smear is key

theGRIO REPORT - If not for a doctor’s visit to investigate a boil under her arm, Tamika Felder, age 25,…
January 23, 2013

First lady wears Naeem Khan to National Prayer Service

President Barack H. Obama started his first day in his second term of office at the National Prayer Service held…
January 23, 2013

Haitian amputee makes comeback on dance floor

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Georges Exantus thought he'd never dance again. He was lucky just to be alive...
January 23, 2013

Lincoln museum to display iconic stovepipe hat

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A stovepipe hat worn by Abraham Lincoln is going on display at the Springfield library and…
January 22, 2013

African-American 'baby doll' tradition returns to Carnival in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The 'baby dolls,' an on-again, off-again Mardi Gras tradition of New Orleans' African-American community, are on…
January 22, 2013

Martin Luther King Salute to Greatness Awards inspire in Atlanta

theGRIO REPORT - Around 2,000 guests turned out to support this year's Salute to Greatness Awards to honor trailblazers who…
January 22, 2013

Study: High school grad rate highest since '76

WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's high school graduation rate is the highest since 1976, but more than a fifth of…
January 21, 2013

Michelle Obama wears Wu to the inaugural balls again

WASHINGTON (AP) - Michelle Obama made it a fashion tradition Monday night, wearing a custom-made Jason Wu gown to the…
January 21, 2013

Tuskegee airmen honored guests at inaugural

WASHINGTON (AP) - They sat in wheelchairs as honored guests at President Barack Obama's second inaugural, attended to almost minute-by-minute…
January 21, 2013

Obama: Privilege to use Martin Luther King's Bible in inaugural

(AP) - President Barack Obama says it was a privilege to take the oath of office using a Bible that…
January 21, 2013

What should Michelle Obama wear to the inaugural balls?

SLIDESHOW - After also wowing style watchers yet again with her perpetually newsworthy bangs, the inevitable question immediately arises: What…
January 21, 2013

Myrlie and Medgar Evers' civil rights struggle still matters today

OPINION - Perhaps it seems that President Barack Obama is simply honoring the fifty-year anniversary of the death of Medgar…
January 21, 2013

Tuskegee Airman recalls Truman inauguration

WASHINGTON (AP) - Some of the most cared for spectators at President Barack Obama's inauguration were the Tuskegee Airmen, America's…
January 21, 2013

Commerce is alive and well on Inauguration Day

theGRIO REPORT - President Barack Obama's second inaugural is in full swing in Washington, and so is the spirit of…