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TheGrio's 100 - The New York-based painter has recently made a splash in the art world for his paintings of…
VIDEO - Jazz lovers have new music to groove to from a familiar voice: Ella Fitzgerald's. But this music is…
VIDEO - Although the Mammy depicted in a film is a stereotype, it's still a fact in American film history,…
The proposed Museum of African American History and Culture is slated to be built at one of the National Mall's…
NEW YORK (AP) - Holly Price Alford is over the moon about Disney's first black princess. Her 8-year-old daughter is,…
OPINION - There are valuable lessons for children watching Sesame Street for the first time, as much as it is…
CLEVELAND (AP) -- A boyhood home of writer Langston Hughes has been sold in foreclosure...
On the 50th anniversary of Holiday's death, a Baltimore statue of the jazz icon now bears images evoking the anti-racism…
In 1984, NBC reporter Jack Perkins looks at the rising popularity of singer Michael Jackson and his top-selling album, “Thriller.”
As the story goes…. there once was a dancer who showed up to the Apollo Theater for Amateur night in
JULIA MAYES TheGrio.com went behind the scenes at New York City’s 59E59 Theater’s “Pure Confidence,” a play about an African-American
Blues legend David “Honeyboy” Edwards continues to share his music with audiences across America. Grammy award winning Edwards is one
By Julia Mayes and Sonia Narang The Apollo Theater in Harlem celebrated its 75th anniversary Monday. Originally opened in 1914,