World War II

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May 24, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Elder James H. Brown, one of the prestigious Tuskegee Airmen, and Jane Tedeschi, a former member of…
January 21, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - They sat in wheelchairs as honored guests at President Barack Obama's second inaugural, attended to almost minute-by-minute…
January 21, 2013
MIAMI (AP) - Hans Massaquoi, a former managing editor of Ebony magazine who wrote a memoir about his unusual childhood…
January 21, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - Some of the most cared for spectators at President Barack Obama's inauguration were the Tuskegee Airmen, America's…
December 28, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Fans of Quentin Tarantino's last two films, Inglorious Basterds and Django Unchained, should be excited about the…
December 6, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Invisible Warriors: African American Women in World War II is a documentary film, currently in production, about…
November 12, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A local New York organization is planning a restoration project for nearly two dozen African American war…
November 9, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Tuskegee Airman Herbert Carter died Thursday at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika...
November 5, 2012
REVIEW - Set in Australia in 1942, in the thick of World War II, 'Lunacy' centers on the interracial love…
August 17, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - America’s oldest Tuskegee airman has finally been honored seven decades after he fought in World War II...
June 28, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of African-American veterans who helped to integrate the Marine Corps during World War II at a…
June 22, 2012
Congress will honor those African=Americans that broke the color barrier to fight for their country...
May 28, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - When President Harry Truman signed an executive order on July 26, 1948, calling for the desegregation of…
May 28, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Black veterans, especially those who fought in World War II, served critical roles in raising national and…
May 28, 2012
OPINION - As we memorialize and pay tribute to all of our fallen heroes on this year’s Memorial Day, it…
May 26, 2012
MSNBC: - 'The guns are quiet now,' is the first line in John Huston's 1946 short film, 'Let There Be…
March 13, 2012
A Philadelphia woman found photo albums of African-American life during World War II in a trashcan...
March 6, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Shot between 1939 and 1941 by the Farm Security Administration, these images show the harsh living conditions…
January 22, 2012
SLIDESHOW - America's first black military fighter pilots, the Tuskegee Airmen used their intelligence, skill, and courage to ignore discrimination…
January 13, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - President Obama on Friday afternoon will host the Tuskegee Airmen and the cast and crew of the…