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June 10, 2010
Star Jones gets her chance to fight back in a war of words against "The View" and its hosts. Her…
June 1, 2010
OPINION - For those of you that enjoy a thought provoking read, here are 10 books that engage black consciousness...
May 20, 2010
THE GRIO REPORT - Malcolm X's unpublished thoughts on race, his life and his work were unveiled just a few…
May 19, 2010
VIDEO - It's a novel, 'From Cape Town with Love', the third part of a detective series and features a…
May 18, 2010
THE GRIO Q&A: Franklin, a prolific song writer, singer and producer, expands on his classroom lectures to discuss marriage, sex,…
May 17, 2010
THEGRIO Q&A: Wes Moore is an investment professional at Citibank in New York City. He's currently in the midst of…
May 12, 2010
Casting a superhero is a tricky. The actor has to personify a character with decades of history, but also look…
May 11, 2010
Banks says she sees the series turning into a feature franchise and there is already interest from studios...
May 5, 2010
REVIEW - African-Americans have lived with the anticipation of huge catastrophic change, whether through the shock of slavery or the…
April 23, 2010
REVIEW - The new book focuses unflinchingly on the theme of strong black female communities and alternates between deconstructing the…
April 19, 2010
VIDEO - A new memoir by Craig Robinson, Michelle Obama's brother, offers first-hand insight into the challenging childhood and family…
March 18, 2010
REVIEW - The cells of a poor black woman from Clover, Virginia, a descendant of free slaves, led to major…
March 16, 2010
VIDEO - 'Diff'rent Strokes' star Todd Bridges shares how he overcame drug addiction and self-hatred in his new book, 'Killing…
February 22, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - A biography of President Barack Obama is coming this spring from New Yorker editor and Pulitzer…
February 17, 2010
The exhibit's curator, Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez, says the Marvel characters have served as an inspiration for decades..
February 12, 2010
VIDEO - Ad executive Tom Burrell has seen first-hand how images can influence consumer thoughts and behaviors...
February 11, 2010
San Francisco's Marcus Books has long been a gathering place for African-Americans, but due to a change in demographics, the…
February 1, 2010
TheGrio's 100 - Functionally illiterate until age 12, nothing in Byron Pitts' background suggested that he'd become an Emmy award-winning…
January 22, 2010
The controversy began less than a year ago, when readers discovered that Justine Larbalestier's Liar -- a book about a…
January 21, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Kelley says she devoted the past three years to examining Winfrey's life. She says she came…