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May 25, 2012
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - For years, varied and sometimes wild claims have been made about the origins of a group…
May 24, 2012
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Retired Lt. Cmdr. Wesley Brown, the first African-American to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy, has…
May 21, 2012
OPINION - While the African-Americans and LGBT communities have each experienced a legacy of oppression and a struggle for equality…
May 18, 2012
DETROIT (AP) - An attorney claims a judge and two lawyers involved in a long-running dispute over civil rights pioneer…
May 17, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A second-grader at an elementary school in Colorado was told to remove makeup he wore to turn…
May 15, 2012
More than a century ago William Henderson Foote served as lawman of the highest order in his town of Yazoo…
May 11, 2012
The National Park Service has designated lands from North Carolina to Florida as protected land to be preserved in commemoration…
May 1, 2012
PBS's series 'American Experience' will honor Jesse Owens with a 1-hour look at his life and Olympic career...
April 27, 2012
OPINION - The King beating verdict and the L.A. riots were a sad and tragic taint on the Tom Bradley…
April 26, 2012
VIDEO - A museum showcasing thousands of racist memorabilia artifacts opened on Michigan's Ferris State University's Campus on Thursday...
April 26, 2012
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Henry Keith Watson remembers April 29, 1992, as if it happened just last week. History won't…
April 20, 2012
VIDEO - President Obama recently visited the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. While there, he sat on the bus…
April 19, 2012
OPINION - Today, when black artists readily rise to pop acclaim, it's difficult to understand Dick Clark's pioneering significance in…
April 19, 2012
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Dick Clark may have worked in bigger cities over the course of his long entertainment career, but…
April 12, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The rich history of Georgia's black legislators has been captured in an exciting exhibit at an African-American…
April 10, 2012
CHICAGO - The anniversary of the Titanic holds special meaning for Palatine's Christine LeBrun, whose ancestor is believed to be…
April 9, 2012
Lost in all the hoopla surrounding the 3-D re-release of the 1997 blockbuster has been revelations about the black passengers…
April 3, 2012
Hank Aaron, one of baseball's greatest players, may be coming to theaters soon.
March 30, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery is opening two new exhibits that retrace the history of the Civil…
March 27, 2012
HARRISON, Ark. (AP) - When a black man supposedly broke into a white man's home in 1905, a mob ran…