Slavery

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July 29, 2011
NEW YORK - Remnants of an entire black community pushed out by the creation of Central Park in the 1850s…
July 21, 2011
WASHINGTON - The exhibit will be up through Sept. 3, showcasing similarities between historic oppressions of human beings and the…
July 20, 2011
MOUNTAIN CREEK, Ala. (AP) - The tax once brought in millions for Confederate pensions, but lawmakers sliced up the levy…
July 13, 2011
Rep. Michele Bachmann may be surging in the 2012 polls, but the right-wing presidential contender is on the defensive over…
July 11, 2011
A socially conservative Iowa group apologized Saturday evening for a controversial reference to slavery in a "marriage vow" signed by…
July 11, 2011
OPINION - Bachmann may very well indeed say a lot of stupid things, but it's certainly not barring her success...
July 8, 2011
Rep. Bachmann signed a Republican social policy pledge that says African-American children born into slavery had stronger families than during…
July 8, 2011
VIDEO - Mondo Black wanted to document what would black people do for employment when unemployment is high in the…
July 5, 2011
THE GREAT DISMAL SWAMP (AP) - This fall, a permanent exhibition will open about people escaping slavery before the Civil…
July 1, 2011
MSNBC - Thanks to 21st-century genetic testing, William Holland is finally able to show some of his African cousins what…
June 29, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The concept of planking is becoming more and more visible in references made on Twitter by members…
June 29, 2011
OPINION - If we were to increase our knowledge and understanding of the period, the practice, and the ramifications, we…
June 28, 2011
VIDEO - The candidate for the Republican presidential nomination said she praises our founding fathers for tirelessly working to end…
June 23, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The 5-foot-2, physically challenged escaped slave is the motivation behind two national projects in the works, a…
June 22, 2011
Foxx will be a freed slave who teams with a bounty hunter -- to be played by Christoph Waltz, who…
June 21, 2011
The 50 billboards feature the slogan, "The 13th Amendment Freed Us. Abortion Enslaves Us."...
June 20, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Confederate officers thought nothing of leaving important documents where Scobell could see them, or discussing troop movements…
June 16, 2011
EASTON, Md. (AP) - Abolitionist Frederick Douglass is finally getting a homecoming celebration in his native Maryland county with a…
June 14, 2011
Bidemi Bello, a Nigerian citizen, was convicted on charges she imported two young women from Nigeria to serve as modern-day…
June 1, 2011
OPINION - Cain may not be a racist, but he's arguably a patronizing black politician trying to suppress suspicions of…