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August 8, 2013
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - After a tragedy like the Trayvon Martin killing, calls routinely arise for a conversation about…
August 6, 2013
REVIEW - Founded in 1870, Dunbar High has produced many of the nation’s pioneering black "firsts," African-Americans who broke through…
August 6, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday honored former baseball players in the Negro League, a haven for African-American…
August 2, 2013
ESSAY - In my mind Eugene Allen’s story is nothing less than a hero’s tale, forming its own distinctly American…
July 29, 2013
EASTON, Md. (AP) — Archaeology students have been sifting through a little patch of ground on Maryland's Eastern Shore this…
July 25, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Today marks what would have been the 72nd birthday of Emmett Till, the African-American boy whose tragic…
July 24, 2013
CHICAGO (AP) — Hearing the screams of 14-year-old lynching victim Emmett Till from inside a Mississippi barn left a teenage…
July 18, 2013
SULLIVANS ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Dozens of re-enactors have gathered at Fort Moultrie in South Carolina to commemorate the 150th…
July 17, 2013
OPINION - The mood following the verdict in the case of Florida v. George Zimmerman is not politics as usual...
July 15, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - For these 10 African-Americans, the journey to the West African country of Nigeria was nothing less than…
July 10, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - A protest ensued Monday after discarded black history materials were found outside of a Detroit-area high school…
July 4, 2013
OPINION - Although it’s important to celebrate our nation’s birthday, it’s equally important to put it into proper context from…
July 3, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - In the wake of the devastating Supreme Court decision, several websites have posted examples of these tests…
June 29, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 150 years of African-American history from slavery to civil rights and contemporary suburban life are…
June 26, 2013
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gettysburg's small African-American community proudly tells stories of ancestors who fought in the Civil War, of…
June 20, 2013
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - The leg irons that restrained abolitionist John Brown after his failed 1859 raid on a federal…
June 17, 2013
(AP) - Six decades and myriad details separate the deaths of Emmett Till and Trayvon Martin, two black teenagers felled…
June 13, 2013
ANALYSIS - A photo from the movie of Carey as the character Hattie Pearl, whom many presume is a field…
June 12, 2013
VIDEO - Fifty years ago, on June 11, 1963, Gov. George Wallace stood in the doorway of the Foster Auditorium,…
June 7, 2013
From Philadelphia to Memphis, you’ll be sure to gain a deeper appreciation of African-American music through these events.