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SLIDESHOW - Click through the slideshow to see Sparkle's black stars and celebrities that came out for the film's premiere,…
SLIDESHOW - theGrio congratulates African-Americans who have competed in the London Games, and recognizes black Americans who have earned medals...
OPINION - As Lia Neal, Cullen Jones, and Anthony Irvin are not simply battling the best in the world, they…
LONDON - Cullen Jones was this close to making his first individual medal a gold. Jones finished the 50m freestyle…
SLIDESHOW - So far, the 2012 Olympics have had lots of high drama -- including a stunt double for the…
ROCK CENTER - Olympic swimmer Cullen Jones describes the pool as feeling like “home,” but it wasn’t always that way.…
theGRIO VIDEO - Lia Neal isn't old enough to vote, but she's already making history...
Cullen Jones, a 2011 member of TheGrio's 100, is headed back the Olympics...
When Olympic swimming gold medalist Cullen Jones asked students at Buffalo Creek Elementary School if they thought he's ever almost…
TheGrios 100 - Jones nearly drowned at a water park when he was 5. Less than 20 years after his…
NEW YORK (AP) - Cullen Jones was about to race in his biggest meet of the year when he heard…
SLIDESHOW - We all know about the black athletes who are constantly in the news for their bad behavior away…
VIDEO - Even after the formal end of segregation, John and Bradford Tatum, said they still didn't feel welcome swimming…
OPINION - Not only do most black kids not know how to swim, the concept of 'most' is not an…
The USA Swimming Foundation now estimates that nearly 70 percent of black children do not know how to swim, with…