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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…
February 21, 2012
From Bloomberg Businessweek-- The $500 million branch of the Smithsonian in Washington breaks ground tomorrow for an opening in the…
February 20, 2012
SLIDESHOW - These presidents failed black America by either being indifferent, ineffective or hostile when dealing with crises like slavery,…
February 20, 2012
SLIDESHOW - America has had 44 presidents, each of whom has had varying degrees of influence, for better or worse,…
February 20, 2012
VIDEO - The Martin family knows something about themselves that few if any families will ever learn about their past.…
February 14, 2012
The exhibit includes artifacts excavated at Monticello and objects from the Smithsonian's collection, including a set of slave shackles and…
February 14, 2012
ATLANTA (AP) - Earl Lloyd remembers when he suited up for the Washington Capitols more than 60 years ago as…