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TORONTO (AP) - Film history is long enough that one might expect one of the nation's most essential chapters to…
theGRIO REPORT - Steve McQueen’s upcoming historical drama 12 Years a Slave may be the first film to define the…
REVIEW - The coming game app 'Thralled' dares to tell the story of violence, freedom, slavery and family that was…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A Clemson University professor is convinced that Harriet Beecher Stowe might not have written 'Uncle Tom's…
theGRIO REPORT - One of the direct descendants of legendary abolitionist Harriet Tubman has launched scathing attack on Russell Simmons'…
OPINION - Rape isn’t a joke,. Slavery isn’t a joke. Harriet Tubman and her sacrifices for black people are not…
EASTON, Md. (AP) — Archaeology students have been sifting through a little patch of ground on Maryland's Eastern Shore this…
MIAMI (AP) — Leaders of more than a dozen Caribbean countries are launching a united effort to seek compensation from…
theGRIO REPORT - Limbaugh continued to say that compared to other parts of the world, slavery in America 'by no…
MSNBC - Shortly after the Supreme Court gutted a key part of the Voting Rights Act, Republican Rep. Trent Franks…
theGRIO REPORT - The trailer for Steve McQueen's star-studded slave drama 12 Years a Slave has just been released online.
theGRIO REPORT - For these 10 African-Americans, the journey to the West African country of Nigeria was nothing less than…
SANTA ANA, California (AP) — A Saudi princess charged with human trafficking was freed after posting $5 million bail...
OPINION - Although it’s important to celebrate our nation’s birthday, it’s equally important to put it into proper context from…
OPINION - On this Independence Day, everyone is dependent on the government, but African Americans are even more dependent, for…
theGRIO REPORT - Lauryn Hill took to her Tumblr page to post an open letter, venting about slavery, racism and…
theGRIO REPORT - Virginia Republican lieutenant governor candidate E.W. Jackson claimed that 1960's government programs have done more harm to…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - The leg irons that restrained abolitionist John Brown after his failed 1859 raid on a federal…
WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden is hailing Frederick Douglass for his work to bring about equal justice, leading…
ANALYSIS - A photo from the movie of Carey as the character Hattie Pearl, whom many presume is a field…