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January 7, 2013

Django Unchained action figures now for sale

theGRIO REPORT - Quentin Tarantino's latest film 'Django Unchained' may turn out to be his most successful and most controversial…
December 5, 2012

Forgotten graves at University of Virginia likely belonged to black slaves

theGRIO REPORT - Although the graves have not been officially confirmed as holding the remains of black slaves, the university…
November 1, 2012

West African man convicted of keeping 4 boys as slaves

theGRIO REPORT - A federal jury convicted a former janitor at the University of Michigan of enslaving and abusing four…
July 2, 2012

Allen West: President Obama wants Americans to 'be his slave'

The Huffington Post reports that Allen West is doing all that he can to stay in the spotlight. During a…
June 21, 2012

Be a ‘Slave for a Day’: Controversial black history event held by National Park

theGRIO REPORT - Since Monday, when the announcement for the event was posted, the title of the event was changed...
February 13, 2012

Documentary explores 'slavery by another name'

TheGrio REPORT -- The 90 minute film, "Slavery By Another Name," based on a book by journalist Douglas A. Blackmon,…
August 26, 2011

Second-largest Native American tribe expels slave descendants

The Cherokee nation Supreme Court ruled that a 2007 tribal decision to kick the so-called "Freedmen" out of the tribe…