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The growing chorus of people outwardly questioning the integrity of activist Shaun King has expanded to activist DeRay McKesson, the…
Writer Dustin Seibet wonders why Trump is even bothering to hold another sure to be disastrious Black History Month reception.
Spike Lee is set to direct the movie adaption of “Frederick Douglass Now,” the one-man play by Roger Guenver Smith, who…
A press release issued by the Trump White House during Black History Month, misspelled the name of American icon Frederick…
Where do we begin? There have been so many things POTUS has said or done this year that has us…
On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass uttered the only real speech you need to hear concerning the Fourth of July.
Who was Frederick Douglass? A strong and great man. Everything that Donald Trump could never be.
During his meeting for Black History Month, President Trump seemed to suggest that Frederick Douglass, an abolitionist who died in…
theGRIO REPORT - Several African-American landmarks and heritage sites have been forced to close Tuesday following the federal government shutdown.
OPINION - As the release date for the highly anticipated film, '12 Years a Slave', based on Solomon Northup’s bestselling…
theGRIO REPORT - After coming under fire -- and apologizing -- for a video parody depicting a supposed "Harriet Tubman…
OPINION - Although it’s important to celebrate our nation’s birthday, it’s equally important to put it into proper context from…
WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday used a tribute to 19th-century abolitionist Frederick Douglass to renew the…
theGRIO REPORT - Today marks Juneteenth, a holiday that celebrates the emancipation of African-Americans from slavery, a day that is…
WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden is hailing Frederick Douglass for his work to bring about equal justice, leading…
OPINION - This week it was sad to see Frederick Douglass’s legacy cheapened as members of the right-wing sought to…
theGRIO REPORT - An Internet radio host says she was booed and shouted down when she tried to ask a…
SLIDESHOW - theGrio decided to track down some of the living descendants of well-known African-American historical figures to find out…
theGRIO Q&A - Booker T. Washington is known as one of the most influential black educators in the late 19th…