Black History

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May 22, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Like Detroit, the Charles H. Wright Museum - the nation’s largest institution dedicated to African American history…
April 24, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Taraji P. Henson’s newest big screen project 'From The Rough,' is based on the true story of…
April 17, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - The exhibit at the Atlanta History Center is creating a buzz, in part because it features never…
April 13, 2014
NBC News - NBC News - A handkerchief, a driver’s license and handwritten letters – they are a small portion…
April 4, 2014
MSNBC - From down on Mulberry Street, the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn. looks very much the way it did…
March 25, 2014
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A new exhibit at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Museum of Art shows the vibrant world of Negro League baseball…
March 11, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - This Women’s History Month, I’ve been thinking frequently about Pauli Murray, a radical black woman who failed…
March 7, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — Just a few years after the invention of 'Basket Ball,' black players in segregated America formed…
March 6, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - The definitive stamp, which immortalizes aviation trailblazer Charles Alfred Anderson, Sr., goes on sale nationwide from March…
March 5, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - For over 150 years, Edward Bouchet has been heralded as the first African-American to graduate from Yale…
March 1, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Those of us who were not yet born are mostly familiar with that era via history books,…
February 28, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - WWE star David Otunga talked to theGrio about the heroes in his life and his relationship with…
February 22, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Eunique Jones Gibson set on a mission to tell a story about black history in a more…
February 17, 2014
OPINION - Isn’t it cool the way that President’s Day happens during black history month, giving us so many opportunities…
February 14, 2014
OPINION - Nicki Minaj’s latest outrage is a wake-up call. But the all-important question is will we heed it?...
February 7, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Students and parents were outraged this week when one private school in Northern California decided to commemorate…
February 5, 2014
theGRIO SLIDESHOW - So many people have contributed greatly to the ongoing struggle for justice and equality and yet have…
February 5, 2014
VIDEO - Mandla Maseko is set to fulfill his ambition to become the first black African to travel into space.…
February 5, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. National Archives is placing President Abraham Lincoln's original Emancipation Proclamation on display in Washington to…
February 2, 2014
OPINION - I hate Black History Month because, despite what the pseudo colorblind merchants of Americanism will tell you, it…