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theGRIO REPORT - A statue of Frederick Douglass, orator, writer, abolitionist, and advocate for equality of all people, will move…
The most recent bill approved by the Senate panel this week would allow Washington D.C. to build a statue of…
VIDEO - In her essay, which was written for a contest, Williams reflected on what Douglass heard his slave master,…
theGRIO REPORT - The Court, led by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, declared in 1857 that blacks -- enslaved or…
SLIDESHOW - Why has there never been a big screen version of Harriet Tubman's story? Wouldn't a film about Marcus…
theGRIO REPORT - On the 203rd anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth (he was born February 12, 1809), Professor Blair L.M.…
theGRIO REPORT - A nationwide pro-atheist campaign launched to coincide with Black History Month has some African-Americans reaffirming their spiritual…
theGRIO REPORT - In case you've forgotten, slavery continues to thrive throughout the world- mainly in the form of human…
BOSTON (AP) - Step into the sanctuary of the African Meeting House and you will walk on the same ancient…
OPINION - As with every war, including the ones currently being waged, African-Americans have served this nation nobly...
SLIDESHOW - With the upcoming celebration of Independence Day, there are activists who paved the way for our independence as…
EASTON, Md. (AP) - Abolitionist Frederick Douglass is finally getting a homecoming celebration in his native Maryland county with a…
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. (AP) - The museum will display rare books and documents connected with civil rights icons like Frederick…
SLIDESHOW - Muhammad Ali became heavyweight champion, Milli Vanilli won a Grammy and Malcolm X died; this is an incredibly…
VIDEO - "I was really excited cause it's my local history, and my history," 6th grader Tyler Hamler said...
BALTIMORE (AP) - The greenhouse on the slave plantation where Frederick Douglass spent part of his childhood is filled with…
OPINION - A new effort is underway to draw attention to previously obscure but nonetheless pivotal black figures that have…