Slavery

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October 8, 2009
OPINION - The news that First Lady Michelle Obama's great-great-great-grandmother was a slave and that her great-great-great grandfather was a…
September 23, 2009
VIDEO - An expert is helping to return one of Connecticut's best-known former slave's family gravesite to its proper place.
July 11, 2009
Watch President Obama speak of his family's experience touring the slave dungeons of Cape Coast Castle. President Barack Obama said…
June 25, 2009
On the eve of Juneteenth, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution apologizing for slavery. The gesture sparked lots of debate
June 24, 2009
What are people thinking about the Senate's unanimous decision to apologize for slavery? Was it necessary? Is it enough? The…
June 22, 2009
JULIA MAYES TheGrio.com went behind the scenes at New York City’s 59E59 Theater’s “Pure Confidence,” a play about an African-American
June 19, 2009
Watch the full introduction of the resolution by Democrat Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa and Republican Sen. Sam Brownback of…
June 18, 2009
Juneteenth, widely celebrated throughout the United States, is now a commemorative holiday in 31 states. In 2009 the U.S. Senate passed
June 18, 2009
The U.S. Senate has unanimously passed a resolution apologizing for slavery in the United States. Democratic Senator Tom Harkin introduced
June 9, 2009
VIDEO - Charlotte, NC - Mary Sadler is an 83-year-old African-American who remembers when blacks had to use the other…
June 3, 2009
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- Eighty-six-year-old Johnnie Leach leans on his cane as he sits in warm sunshine on the steps…
May 22, 2009
VIDEO - Washington - A statue of a former slave who became a women's rights activist is now on display…
February 2, 2009
When the Civil War was over, Joe Davis who’s brother Jefferson was President of the defeated Confederacy, had to set