History

All Articles

February 1, 2010
VIDEO - Marcus Garvey was born into the racial inequities of the colonial system of Jamaica. He decided to fight…
January 29, 2010
We understand that celebrating black history is less about remembering yesteryear than it is about creating context for today and…
January 18, 2010
OPINION - Dr. King's lessons of respect, unity, and community have become secondary to rife individualism...
January 15, 2010
OPINION - Haiti's independence not only served to free Haiti, it also helped the United States...
January 12, 2010
From Newsweek: Talk about words that sting to the core. Harry Reid’s recent comments about President Barack Obama’s light skin
January 12, 2010
SLIDESHOW - Ostracized as he may now be, Gilbert Arenas is not alone. All the harebrained moves perpetrated by the…
January 6, 2010
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A ex-Richmond city councilman is among those asking that Virginia officials excavate part of a university…
November 18, 2009
FREDERICK, Maryland (AP) - More than 150 years after the U.S. Supreme Court issued the notorious Dred Scott decision affirming…
October 9, 2009
OPINION - The term "good hair" harks back to antebellum America, when slaves knew that the less African they appeared,…
September 7, 2009
OPINION - Before I saw "Whitewash," the images of surfing that were etched in my mind were from the beach…
August 6, 2009
When Ariel Brown was offered a chance to transcribe the correspondence of the first family of the Confederacy, the history…
July 23, 2009
As so many of the nation's newspapers are shuttering, one publication continues to thrive through the decades. The Philadelphia Tribune…
June 25, 2009
On the eve of Juneteenth, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution apologizing for slavery. The gesture sparked lots of debate
June 22, 2009
In light of today’s Supreme Court decision to exempt a district in Texas from the Voting Rights Act , theGrio.com
June 8, 2009
theGrio reflects on the life of Pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey with NBC Learn. Marcus Garvey was born into the racial inequities
June 4, 2009
James Travis was one of the storied World War II airmen as a part of the nation’s first black military
May 22, 2009
VIDEO - Washington - A statue of a former slave who became a women's rights activist is now on display…