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October 30, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - In case you missed the opportunity, the 'You Can Touch My Hair' documentary captures the exhibit creator's…
October 29, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Oscar winner Whoopi Goldberg makes her directorial debut with the HBO documentary 'Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley',…
October 13, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - It wasn't easy - but Idris Brewster and Seun Summers made it through. The two best friends…
October 11, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. and his collaborator Dr. Donald Yacovone have exciting findings for African-American history…
September 18, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Twenty-eight years after being at the center of a deadly encounter with the city of Philadelphia, Ramona…
September 5, 2013
ESSAY - 'Let The Fire Burn' seeks to create some measure of justice for the 11 bombing victims by keeping…
September 4, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Writer and Director Dylan Gray joined MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' to discuss his new documentary, 'Fire in the…
August 30, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — Ron Howard's 'Made in America' documentary about the Jay-Z-curated music festival in Philadelphia will air Oct.…
August 28, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom turns 50 today. A new PBS documentary reveals…
July 2, 2013
OPINION - Most dark-skinned women are acutely aware of society’s preference for lighter skin, but that does not negate the…
June 27, 2013
OPINION - There is a growing crop of people who feel the 'Dark Girls' documentary’s biggest flaw is that it…
June 18, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Directors D. Channsin Berry and Bill Duke tackle a provocative dilemma among the African-American community in their…
June 17, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Anyone looking to make bank hustling contraband can definitely learn a thing or two from the new…
June 16, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Father’s Day is here – and as some children shower their dads with hand-drawn paintings, kisses and…
June 12, 2013
OPINION - I would rather kiss the feet of a Klansman than help perpetuate the myth that black people are…
April 25, 2013
LONDON (AP) — The director of award-winning film 'Senna' is making a documentary about the late soul singer Amy Winehouse...
April 15, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — An upcoming documentary will look at the life and career of Julius Erving, on the 30th…
April 4, 2013
VIDEO - During an interview with theGrio, Jada Pinkett Smith defends her and her husband Will Smith's decision to let…
March 15, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Malik Kofi is extraordinarily talented; a child prodigy, musical genius, awe-inspiring orator, with intellectual gifts well beyond…
March 8, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Snoop Lion, has shifted from the grim realities of hip hop to the positive vibrations of reggae…