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February 1, 2010
TheGrio's 100 - Political protest through art has always been a way of life for Walker...
January 28, 2010
ATLANTA (AP) - Despite humble beginnings in Alabama and never independently wealthy, Jones began buying pieces in the 1960s after…
December 15, 2009
Artists across the Detroit area are using the city's blight as their canvas, transforming abandoned homes into high-concept projects to…
November 13, 2009
VIDEO - From the barbershop down the block, to African hair braiders setting up shop on the street corner, artist…
October 30, 2009
VIDEO -They say a picture's worth a thousand words. For a Kentucky doctor, his newly purchased painting is worth dollars,…
June 22, 2009
JULIA MAYES TheGrio.com went behind the scenes at New York City’s 59E59 Theater’s “Pure Confidence,” a play about an African-American
June 17, 2009
I spent last Friday night at a 4th grade poetry slam. I wasn’t sure I wanted to go. As the
June 6, 2009
After spending the better part of his 66 years behind bars for armed robbery, Bennie Holmes is now gunning for
May 19, 2009
New York City, New York – May 19, 2009 First lady Michelle Obama hosted the opening spring gala for the