Black History

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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…
September 17, 2011
TheGRIO REPORT - As I finally returned to the City of Lights, I began to understand why black Americans have…
September 16, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - For decades, efforts to honor Tubman on a national level have stalled for one reason or another...
September 6, 2011
CLARKSDALE, Miss. (AP) - It's not the Heartbreak Hotel or the Ritz, and George Washington didn't sleep there...
August 24, 2011
OPINION - Our ancestors were beaten, maimed and killed during slavery, when it was illegal to teach a slave to…
August 22, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Some were locals who've watched for years as the memorial to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.…
August 13, 2011
OPINION - The black women who were maids in the American South before the Civil Rights movement of the 1960's…