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theGRIO's 100 - Dylan C. Penningroth is a history professor at Northwestern University, who specializes in African-American socio-legal history...
OPINION - Fans of Django Unchained couldn't help but be a little disappointed by yesterday's Academy Award nominations...
theGRIO REPORT - Ward and his supporters are planning to turn out on January 19th at gun stores, shows, ranges…
theGRIO REPORT - 'Django Unchained' made a decent showing in this morning's Oscar nominations, but came up short when it…
(AP) - Slavery-era action figures tied to Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" are raising questions about whether they're appropriate...
theGRIO REPORT - Talk show host Tavis Smiley has joined Spike Lee in condemning Quentin Tarantino's hit film Django Unchained,…
theGRIO REPORT - Despite its vestige as one of the greatest tragedies in American history, slavery has been recounted in…
VIDEO - On Saturday, 'Melissa Harris Perry' revisited the Emancipation Proclamation and what it meant, for the rebellious south, for…
theGRIO REPORT - The U.S. Postal service has released a limited-edition stamp to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the signing…
theGRIO REPORT - Antoine Fuqua, the director of 'Training Day' and 'Brooklyn's Finest', is the latest Hollywood figure to weigh…
VIDEO - DiCaprio has said that he was uncomfortable using the n-word in the film, and told Geist that his…
theGRIO REPORT - Comedian Sarah Silverman is no stranger to pushing the boundaries of good taste and using offensive language…
OPINION - As a person who teaches about slavery on a regular basis, I can tell you that many of…
theGRIO REPORT - Director Spike Lee's decades long feud with fellow filmmaker Quentin Tarantino appears to be alive and well...
theGRIO VIDEO - During an interview with theGrio, Samuel L. Jackson weighed in on what he thinks Martin Luther King…
OPINION - The broad takeaway of 'Django Unchained' appears to be this: whether you love the movie or hate it,…
OPINION - 'Django Unchained' – Quentin Tarantino’s latest ode to unrestrained violence and blood-soaked mayhem – and 'Lincoln', the celebrated…
theGRIO REPORT - Quentin Tarantino wrote and directed the upcoming film Django Unchained partly out of growing frustrations with the…
theGRIO REPORT - 'Django Unchained' stars Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, and Leonardo DiCaprio are gracing the latest cover of Vibe…
theGRIO REPORT - Many African-Americans lay claim to Native American ancestry, and yet very few blacks have taken the steps…