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February 13, 2023
President Biden and first lady Jill Biden will host a screening of the film “Till” Thursday evening at the White…
Martin Luther King Jr. - MLK Day 2024
January 17, 2022
Efforts to recognize King though a national holiday began just days after his assassination -- but it didn't come without…
July 15, 2021
The fund will award $3 million in grants to more than three dozen groups and sites nationwide to help preserve…
The U.S. Capitol
January 20, 2021
From the bibles used for swearing-in to memorable performances, inauguration, which signifyies America's transition power is one of splendor.
January 8, 2021
Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch says the history of the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6 will live in 'infamy.'
Harriet Tubman thegrio.com
September 1, 2019
Trump's staff told Lonnie Bunch that he did not want to see anything difficult. But Bunch refused to "make the…
August 1, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History wants the hooded sweatshirt Trayvon Martin was wearing when…
February 27, 2012
Huge interest and investment in the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture has left executive directors of…
February 22, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The Smithsonian Institution will break ground on the National Museum of African-American History and Culture today at…