Slavery

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March 6, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The Court, led by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, declared in 1857 that blacks -- enslaved or…
March 5, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Georgetown University law student labeled a 'slut' by conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh says his apology…
March 2, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The completed Enslaved Africans' Rain Garden will feature a group of life-sized statues depicting slaves, nestled in…
February 29, 2012
Azealia Banks recently took to Twitter to express her confusion over Australian MC Iggy Azalea making it to the cover…
February 29, 2012
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - An attorney for the U.S. National Slavery Museum is headed back to bankruptcy court to outline…
February 29, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The images of three adults and five children, four of whom were dubbed 'white' slaves, were part…
February 24, 2012
VIDEO - For more than 40 years that man, Sylvester Magee, didn't have a head stone. That changed this week...
February 20, 2012
Here it is again, the intersection of Presidents Day and Black History Month. Eight of our early presidents, beginning with…
February 20, 2012
VIDEO - The Martin family knows something about themselves that few if any families will ever learn about their past.…
February 16, 2012
OPINION - In a speech on the House floor today, Florida Rep. Allen West marked Black History Month by proving,…
February 15, 2012
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) - Director Quentin Tarantino has wrapped up filming for his new movie in Wyoming, including a scene…
February 13, 2012
TheGrio REPORT -- The 90 minute film, "Slavery By Another Name," based on a book by journalist Douglas A. Blackmon,…
February 10, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.) has in a letter to the president asked for the role of slave…
February 8, 2012
He was the country's first black music teacher, and led the Free African Union Society, believed to be the first…
February 1, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - What history was made on this day?
February 1, 2012
OPINION - Here at theGrio, we thought we'd kick off February the right way by debunking the 10 biggest myths…
January 26, 2012
The highly-anticipated PBS documentary 'Slavery by Another Name' was incredibly well received at the Sundance Film Festival
January 26, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A suburban school district near Atlanta is reeling under accusations of racism, as students at Camp Creek…
January 25, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - As the Smithsonian continues developing a national black history museum, it's offering a look at Thomas Jefferson's…
January 25, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Two cemeteries that had been dedicated to the burial of African-American slaves and their descendants were plowed…