Slavery

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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…
May 24, 2011
TheGRIO REPORT: Two brothers have to escape the plantation and get back to present day...
May 23, 2011
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Critics argue it's inappropriate that an ardent supporter of slavery should have his name attached to one…
April 19, 2011
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - The National Park Service is pushing to make the events more hospitable to black people...
April 12, 2011
OPINION - As pivotal as the Civil War is in our nation's complex history, African-Americans appear less enthusiastic about the…
March 4, 2011
McLEAN, Va. (AP) - A new book by a researcher at George Mason University makes the case that Lincoln was…
March 4, 2011
GAHANNA, Ohio (AP) - The mother of a black Ohio fifth grader assigned to play a slave for a social…
March 3, 2011
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The University of Virginia has acquired a rare first edition of an 1829 anti-slavery manifesto that…
February 24, 2011
VIDEO - Many of the parents argue the although it is important for their children to learn about the slave…
February 23, 2011
SLIDESHOW - How much did you really retain from elementary school about the origins of Black History Month?...
February 21, 2011
(AP) - The 2000 U.S. Census counted 163,036 people with the surname Washington. Ninety percent of them were African-American...
February 20, 2011
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - They started at a fountain where slaves were once sold, past the church that Martin Luther…
February 18, 2011
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A longtime Murray State University professor has decided to retire after referring to slavery while making…
February 18, 2011
VIDEO - From his tailor shop here on Dearborn Street, wealthy businessman John Jones ran an important stop on the…
February 18, 2011
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Recent flaps over racially offensive language at the University of Alabama fit a pattern that's dogged…
February 18, 2011
OPINION - Alex Haley's classic exploration of his own "roots" couldn't have picked a better time to join the newest…
February 16, 2011
VIDEO - Freshman Arlene Johnson said even though she was early for professor Mark Wattier's class last semester, a film…