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February 1, 2010
TheGrio's 100 - The New York-based painter has recently made a splash in the art world for his paintings of…
December 16, 2009
VIDEO - Jazz lovers have new music to groove to from a familiar voice: Ella Fitzgerald's. But this music is…
December 15, 2009
VIDEO - Although the Mammy depicted in a film is a stereotype, it's still a fact in American film history,…
December 4, 2009
The proposed Museum of African American History and Culture is slated to be built at one of the National Mall's…
November 14, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) - Holly Price Alford is over the moon about Disney's first black princess. Her 8-year-old daughter is,…
November 6, 2009
OPINION - There are valuable lessons for children watching Sesame Street for the first time, as much as it is…
July 22, 2009
CLEVELAND (AP) -- A boyhood home of writer Langston Hughes has been sold in foreclosure...
July 17, 2009
On the 50th anniversary of Holiday's death, a Baltimore statue of the jazz icon now bears images evoking the anti-racism…
June 25, 2009
In 1984, NBC reporter Jack Perkins looks at the rising popularity of singer Michael Jackson and his top-selling album, “Thriller.”
June 24, 2009
As the story goes…. there once was a dancer who showed up to the Apollo Theater for Amateur night in
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 10, 2009
Blues legend David “Honeyboy” Edwards continues to share his music with audiences across America. Grammy award winning Edwards is one
June 9, 2009
By Julia Mayes and Sonia Narang The Apollo Theater in Harlem celebrated its 75th anniversary Monday. Originally opened in 1914,