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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…
March 24, 2012
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - The Black Panther party preached 'power to the people,' but in the San Francisco Bay area's…
March 15, 2012
The diploma of the first African-American Harvard graduate has been discovered in an abandoned home on the South Side of…
March 13, 2012
A Philadelphia woman found photo albums of African-American life during World War II in a trashcan...
March 9, 2012
Harlem's Lenox Lounge was once one of the most popular African-American nightspots in the country but now it is in…
March 9, 2012
Cleveland Height Patch - As part of Black History Month, students chose one famous African-American writer, musician, athlete or activist…
March 7, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - When most people think of Harley-Davidson, they rarely associate it with blacks. However, Harley-Davidson is trying to…
March 6, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The Court, led by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, declared in 1857 that blacks -- enslaved or…
March 6, 2012
MADAME NOIRE - While Regina hasn't said anything about the role for some time, Kerry Washington recently let the news…
March 5, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Atlantic Southeast Airlines recently made aviation history when one of its flights from Atlanta to Nashville was…
February 29, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The Ku Klux Klan does not appear to be having a resurgence in Colorado, despite a report…
February 28, 2012
OPINION - With Michigan preparing to hold it's 2012 Republican primary, one daughter of a family closely tied to that…
February 27, 2012
Menard, a Republican, had apparently won a contest to complete the term of Rep. James Mann, who had died in…
February 24, 2012
VIDEO - For more than 40 years that man, Sylvester Magee, didn't have a head stone. That changed this week...
February 22, 2012
SLIDESHOW - Why has there never been a big screen version of Harriet Tubman's story? Wouldn't a film about Marcus…