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January 13, 2012
VIDEO - In this archival footage you'll get to see Martin Luther King Jr. and civil rights activist Roy Wilkins…
January 13, 2012
The 'Claiming Citizenship: African-Americans and New Deal Photography' exhibit captures moments of African-Americans learning to read, being taught new job…
January 13, 2012
Crispus Attucks is buried alongside the other massacre victims at the historic Granary Burying Ground where some of America's most…
January 9, 2012
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - For some museums, that means more displays on African-Americans or exhibits on the roles women played…
January 6, 2012
'Slavery By Another Name,' a new PBS documentary, explores and upends what producers say is a widely accepted notion: that…
January 4, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Robie Mortin was the last person alive with a living memory of Rosewood the north Florida black…
December 28, 2011
CHICAGO (AP) - For six decades, civil rights pioneer Ida B. Wells was woven into the fabric of Chicago's South…
December 27, 2011
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - When Thomas Jefferson died, scores of slaves were sold from his Monticello plantation to settle his…
December 22, 2011
CLUTCH - According to a recent press release, we can now look forward to 'Oprah and the Legendary Cast of…
December 18, 2011
the GRIO REPORT - December 18 is an important day in black history...
December 18, 2011
TheGrio REPORT - The New Orleans Public Library is preparing for its annual Black History Month series that will showcase…
December 1, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Rosa Parks is one of the most familiar yet least known figures in the history of the…
November 23, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - As families pile into cars heading south for Turkey Day, or board airplanes toward the opposite coast,…
November 22, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - What happens after you die? One of the most existential questions of all time takes on a…
November 22, 2011
LOS ANGELES - After years of searching, it was the week before Thanksgiving that Darryl Sr. came across a man…
November 10, 2011
OPINION - The majority of the African descendant populations in Latin America, the United States, Africa and the Caribbean have…
November 1, 2011
TheGRIO REPORT - An Army fort with a history steeped in slavery and the Civil War will be designated a…
September 28, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - More than half of states fail when it comes to teaching about the Civil Rights Movement in…
September 23, 2011
OPINION - In schools and in neighborhoods throughout this country, a new generation of history makers are budding...
September 19, 2011
VIDEO - Letters, bonds, wills and court letters are held at the Virginia Historical Society. The documents are not open…