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February 29, 2012
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Hundreds of demonstrators are marching through Haiti's capital to mark the anniversary of the ouster of…
January 23, 2012
SLIDESHOW - On the 35th anniversary of its airing, theGrio takes a look back at where the 'Roots' actors were…
January 6, 2012
NEWS ONE - Nelson Mandela will not be attending the 100th anniversary of the African National Congress (ANC) due to…
December 7, 2011
At long last, an American hero who earned a place in the hearts of many West Virginians is being honored…
October 25, 2011
PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia's own Boyz II Men, one of the most successful R&B groups of all time, is celebrating its…
October 7, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says the United States is safer thanks to the sacrifice of troops, diplomats and…
September 13, 2011
MTV - At age 25, the rapper succumbed to gunshot wounds 15 years ago today...
August 8, 2011
CLUTCH - Twenty-five years ago today, Spike Lee made his film debut with 'She's Gotta Have It'...and we've been debating…
July 22, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Boyz II Men have not reached the end of the road in their music career. In…
May 31, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - When the first case of AIDS was reported on June 5, 1981, AIDS was described as a…
May 12, 2011
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - Tourists watched as three clerics from the Ethiopian Orthodox Church spread incense and holy water around…
May 4, 2011
SLIDESHOW - This week marks the start of the 50th anniversary of the civil rights Freedom Riders, who traveled by…
April 12, 2011
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Cannon fired around Charleston Harbor in South Carolina before dawn, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the…
March 14, 2011
CHICAGO (AP) - Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen were together again for another championship celebration, this time to commemorate the…
March 7, 2011
SELMA, Alabama (AP) - Thousands of marchers marked the 46th anniversary of the "Bloody Sunday" voting rights confrontation in Selma...
February 20, 2011
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - They started at a fountain where slaves were once sold, past the church that Martin Luther…
January 28, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - As it nears its one-month mark, the Oprah Winfrey Network has grown its prime-time audience by…
December 27, 2010
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Prominent figures from the era -- including William Seward, Harriet Tubman, John Brown, Fredrick Douglass and…
December 13, 2010
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (AP) - In Georgia, they will re-enact the state's 1861 secession convention. And Alabama will hold a…
November 1, 2010
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - A black South Carolina lawmaker hopes the NAACP will end its tourism boycott of the state…