Black History

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January 27, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - TheGrio.com kicks of Black History Month with profiles of 100 future African-American industry leaders ...
January 18, 2011
VIDEO - The drama that you learned in history class -- Harriet Tubman and other slaves risking their lives for…
December 23, 2010
SLIDESHOW - Motown was founded, Michael Jackson denied child molestation allegations and the Godfather of Soul died; this is an…
December 10, 2010
SLIDESHOW - Dr. King won the Nobel Peace Prize, The Jacksons played their last gig and Otis Redding was tragically…
July 16, 2010
David H. Blackwell's analysis of bluffing as a poker strategy, as well as his research on dueling helped establish him…
May 5, 2010
REVIEW - African-Americans have lived with the anticipation of huge catastrophic change, whether through the shock of slavery or the…
April 22, 2010
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) - Next year's commemoration of the 1961 Mississippi Freedom Rides is expected to dwarf any other tourism…
April 22, 2010
VIDEO - TheGrios 100 - Will Allen of Growing Power aims to help bring about the "good food revolution...
April 20, 2010
SLIDESHOW - Height, whose activism on behalf of women and minorities dated to the New Deal, led the National Council…
April 5, 2010
BELOIT, Wis. (AP) - Jim Caldwell, coach of the Indianapolis Colts, began work on a documentary about African-American history in…
March 29, 2010
VIDEO - April 4 is the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 1968 assassination, but it is also the…
March 29, 2010
SLIDESHOW - From caregivers and laborers to CEOs and scientists, black women have held pivotal leadership roles in building America…
March 26, 2010
TheGrio's 100 - Lynn Nottage calls herself a warrior writer. The New York playwright inspires with honest portrayals of strong…
March 25, 2010
ATLANTA (AP) - Years after author Alex Haley first encouraged blacks to research their roots, many are digging into attics…
March 18, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Amistad, a U.S.-flagged vessel headed for largely forbidden Cuban waters is a symbol of both a…
March 12, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Three Los Angeles school teachers who were suspended for honoring O.J. Simpson, Dennis Rodman and RuPaul…
March 11, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Tourists and history buffs will be able to see some rare, personal belongings of abolitionist Harriet Tubman…
March 10, 2010
VIDEO - The carefully constructed, three-hour interviews open a window not only onto black America, but also onto the human…
March 9, 2010
TheGrio's 100 - As a rocket scientist, Spio gained notoriety when she joined Boeing as the Head of Satellite Communications…
March 9, 2010
TheGrio's 100 - Tim King was, in his words, the "stereotypical bourgie black kid"...