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theGRIO REPORT - The history of blackface minstrelsy isn’t talked about regularly today, but its cultural residue is all around…
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada assemblyman came under fire Monday after a YouTube video surfaced in which he…
theGRIO REPORT - Oscar winning actor Morgan Freeman has become increasingly outspoken recently...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Standing near where tens of thousands of African slaves landed in Charleston, Mayor Joseph P. Riley…
theGRIO VIDEO - '12 Years a Slave' cast members Sarah Paulson and Chewitel Ejiofor discuss whether or not kids should…
MSNBC - On Sunday's episode of Melissa Harris-Perry, the show's host invited guest panelists to discuss the power they found…
DAILY BEAST - The story of Solomon Northup is a great disappointment to mythbusters and cynical editors—it’s pretty much all…
theGRIO VIDEO - Lupita Nyong'o and Alfre Woodard talk about their new film '12 Years a Slave' and how it…
NBC NEWS - Almost 30 million people across the globe are living in modern-day slavery, according to a report published…
TODAY - Brad Pitt is more than passionate about his new movie, '12 Years a Slave,' which opens Friday —…
TORONTO (AP) - Ejiofor's titanic and steadfast performance in Steve McQueen's unblinking portrait of mid-19th century slavery has already been…
TODAY - For Pitt, making '12 Years' was the very definition of what movies are for...
theGRIO REPORT - '12 Years a Slave' director Steve McQueen and actress Lupita Nyong'o are set to take home awards…
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Organizers of the annual Kunta Kinte festival in Annapolis, Md., say the event will not be…
MSNBC - One father went on MHP and said his daughter was terrified by the slavery re-enactment she and her…
OPINION - As the release date for the highly anticipated film, '12 Years a Slave', based on Solomon Northup’s bestselling…
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Abused in life and death, an enslaved man known as Mr. Fortune will be honored…