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June 2, 2013
OPINION - If these stereotypes are what 'Mad Men' creators have in mind in terms of incorporating diversity -- please…
April 28, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - 'Mad Men', the critically acclaimed AMC drama series about advertising executives in the 1960s, recreated an incredibly…
April 2, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The season finale of AMC’s The Walking Dead drew a record 12.4 million viewers Sunday night –…
February 10, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - When it comes to filmmaker Ernest Dickerson, looking forward, looking ahead, is not just hopeful, it is…
December 12, 2012
CHICAGO - Is former Chicago Bulls superstar and NBA Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen set to be the next reality…
October 12, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Danai Gurira takes on the role of the fierce sword-wielding female character Michonne in the upcoming season…
August 15, 2012
theGRIO VIDEO - During an interview with theGrio, the rapper/actor Common talks about his new film 'The Odd Life of…
April 17, 2012
After seasons of criticism for portraying a virtually all-white world, 'Mad Men' producers cast Teyonah Parris to play Dawn Chambers,…
April 13, 2012
The fifth season of 'Mad Men' has introduced Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce's first African-American employee...
March 25, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - 'Mad Men' made a rare nod to the civil rights movement, which was jarring for a show…
December 14, 2011
OPINION - It's no secret that black audiences don't generally take kindly to roles that even reference slavery or servitude…
November 17, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Common plays mixed-raced former slave Elam Ferguson, who works on the rail system...
September 14, 2010
OPINION - Our collective angst and organized resistance against narratives that don't include us can breed an unwarranted sense of…
August 2, 2010
CLUTCH - Common's character Elam is a half black, half white man who comes to the West to work on…