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July 17, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - The photograph, scratched and undated, is captioned 'Brother Jordan Anderson'...
July 3, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Hidden in the Open is photo essay and collection of African American gay male couples throughout history…
June 20, 2012
VIDEO Anthony Mackie will play the role of Abraham Lincoln's sidekick in the new film ​Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter ​opening…
June 13, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A piece of African-American history that was once sold for just a few dollars could fetch millions…
June 7, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Despite being the largest city in the state of Oklahoma, OKC has grown in stature thanks to…
May 31, 2012
OPINION - Taylor’s conviction places the spotlight on neighboring Liberia, which has a special relationship with African-Americans...
May 29, 2012
ALBANY, N.Y. - Nearly 150 years after the last fusillade of the Civil War, historians, authors and museum curators are…
May 8, 2012
Nathaniel 'Magnificent' Montague spent more than 50 years collecting rare artifacts of black history and culture. Facing bankruptcy, he lost…
April 30, 2012
MADAME NOIRE - Some black women have been trailblazers in the political arena, shaping history and leaving a legacy that…
April 26, 2012
Rapper Talib Kweli started to recite verses off the top of his head recently while talking to students at St.…
March 30, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery is opening two new exhibits that retrace the history of the Civil…
March 22, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Albert Einstein's greatness as a champion of human and civil rights for African-Americans as one of his…
March 14, 2012
John Wilkes is arguably one of the most infamous figures in American history because of his role in the assassination…
March 6, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The Court, led by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, declared in 1857 that blacks -- enslaved or…
March 1, 2012
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Big Dipper was larger than life. His size, his statistics, even his voracious appetite for running…
February 2, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Author and activist Maya Angelou hopes for a time when Black History Month will no longer be…
December 1, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Rosa Parks is one of the most familiar yet least known figures in the history of the…
November 27, 2011
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Charles "Teenie" Harris had a photographic mission: going beyond the obvious or sensational to capture the essence…
August 18, 2011
OPINION - In North America, music has been one of the sanctuaries that has allowed for the deepest expression of…
August 2, 2011
VIDEO - In an inner city classroom, children who don't normally get to participate in a yoga class, but they…