Civil War

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November 18, 2013
RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) - The Museum of the Confederacy and the American Civil War Center are joining forces to build…
October 15, 2013
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two rare documents from a fleeting time after the Civil War when the University of South…
July 22, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Limbaugh continued to say that compared to other parts of the world, slavery in America 'by no…
July 18, 2013
SULLIVANS ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Dozens of re-enactors have gathered at Fort Moultrie in South Carolina to commemorate the 150th…
July 4, 2013
OPINION - On this Independence Day, everyone is dependent on the government, but African Americans are even more dependent, for…
June 26, 2013
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gettysburg's small African-American community proudly tells stories of ancestors who fought in the Civil War, of…
June 18, 2013
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — In the decades after the Civil War, the nation's first black Army regiments guarded Yosemite and…
May 27, 2013
BLACK HISTORY -- Few Americans are aware of the holiday's roots in the Civil War's aftermath, and of the heavy…
May 27, 2013
OPINION - Memorial Day is just as important to African-Americans as it is to any other group. Perhaps it is…
February 21, 2013
theGRIO Q&A - Robert Smalls is recognized as one of Civil War heroes who commandeered a confederate ship, the CSS…
February 13, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - More than 100 black war veterans will finally be recognized at a site in downtown Cleveland that…
February 7, 2013
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The statue of Confederate fighter Nathan Bedford Forrest astride a horse towers above the Memphis park…
January 22, 2013
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A library that covered up a drawing of a black female slave having sex with a…
January 22, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The board of trustees at a college in Utah has unanimously voted to keep the word "Dixie"…
January 3, 2013
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Civil War saga 'Lincoln,' the musical 'Les Miserables' and the Osama bin Laden thriller 'Zero…
December 6, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - 'Binding Wounds, Pushing Boundaries' explores African-Americans' contributions as nurses, surgeons and hospital staff during the Civil War...
November 16, 2012
REVIEW - The film depicts Lincoln as a legend without deep exploration of his belief system, and very seldom shows…
November 12, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A local New York organization is planning a restoration project for nearly two dozen African American war…
September 24, 2012
theGRIO REPORT -American rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, have decided, amidst backlash from their fans, to continue the use of the…
September 5, 2012
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) - With their slouch hats, whiskers and time-worn instruments, members of the 2nd South Carolina String Band…