Black History Month

All Articles

February 25, 2014
VIDEO - MSNBC's Chuck Todd talks to two of the African-American senators who followed in his footsteps. Sen. Tim Scott…
February 22, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Eunique Jones Gibson set on a mission to tell a story about black history in a more…
February 19, 2014
VIDEO - This month the Great Blacks in Wax Museum in east Baltimore is celebrating Black History Month as well…
February 14, 2014
OPINION - Nicki Minaj’s latest outrage is a wake-up call. But the all-important question is will we heed it?...
February 7, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Students and parents were outraged this week when one private school in Northern California decided to commemorate…
February 6, 2014
theGRIO'S 100 - Jason Collins made headlines this year when he became the first openly gay active American athlete in…
February 5, 2014
theGRIO SLIDESHOW - So many people have contributed greatly to the ongoing struggle for justice and equality and yet have…
February 5, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. National Archives is placing President Abraham Lincoln's original Emancipation Proclamation on display in Washington to…
February 4, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - For the first time in history, the Republican National Committee has launched an advertising campaign directly tied…
February 3, 2014
VIDEO - Kenan Thompson, Jay Pharoah and brand new SNL cast-member Sasheer Zamata appeared in a hilarious clip this past…
February 2, 2014
OPINION - I hate Black History Month because, despite what the pseudo colorblind merchants of Americanism will tell you, it…
January 31, 2014
theGRIO'S 100 - As an advocate for increasing diversity on the runway, Bethann Hardison led the charge and called on…
January 24, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Sen. Tim Scott is part of a very small community of African-Americans who have served in the…
January 20, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - All 20 NBA teams playing today will wear special shooting shirts in honor of Martin Luther King…
August 26, 2013
OBERLIN, Ohio (AP) — A college student acknowledged posting anti-Islam fliers and racist cards around the campus of the historically…
May 28, 2013
CLUTCH - Few are taught about Olivia Ferguson McQueen during Black History Month, but she is a Civil Rights Movement…
March 14, 2013
ESSAY - There is no denying that each of these women played more than their part in uplifting their race…
February 28, 2013
POST SCRIPT'D - From Booker T. Washington’s journey from slavery to national leader, to Ralph Ellison’s exploration of black consciousness…
February 26, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Photographer Eunique Jones' photo series, 'Because of them, we can...' , has made a splash on the…
February 22, 2013
theGRIO Q&A - Pauline Copes-Johnson,85, is the great-grandniece, and her daughter Deirdre Stanford, 64, is the great-great grandniece of Harriet…