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Lenny Kravitz to play Civil Rights pioneer Andrew Young in Lee Daniels' 'Selma'
11:59 AM on 03/09/2010
He wasn't up for an Oscar, but "Precious" actor and noted musician Lenny Kravitz was out last night to show his support...
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Washington weddings begin for same-sex couples
11:50 AM on 03/09/2010
VIDEO - Tuesday, March 9th is the first day same-sex couples can pick up marriage licenses and tie the knot in the city...
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Obama nominates African-American to head the TSA
11:49 AM on 03/09/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama said he wants a former senior Army official with a career in intelligence to lead the Transportation Security Administration...
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Dan Rather uses 'Obama,' 'articulate' and 'watermelons' in same anecdote
11:09 AM on 03/09/2010
Dan Rather, longtime anchor at the CBS Evening News and now of HD Net, has been known for his analogies and anecdotes (Ratherisms)...
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First grandma Marian Robinson keeps low profile
10:35 AM on 03/09/2010
WASHINGTON - After President Barack Obama was elected, his mother-in-law, Marian Robinson, said that she loved her family, but she loved her home in Chicago too...
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Secretary of Education pledges to promote equality in schools
9:48 AM on 03/09/2010
SELMA, Ala. (AP) - Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Monday the federal government will become more vigilant to make sure students have equal access and opportunity to everything...
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Black Republican campaigns on 'fulfilling Bush's vision' on social security
9:44 AM on 03/09/2010
While Washington Republicans are running from plans to privatize Social Security, one GOP House candidate in the south loves the idea and goes a step further...
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Obama-chimp e-mail costs Walt Baker his job, business partner
9:37 AM on 03/09/2010
Walt Baker was fired Monday afternoon by both the Tennessee Hospitality Association and the Greater Nashville Hospitality Association - days after he created a political firestorm by forwarding an e-mail that compared first lady Michelle Obama to a chimpanzee...
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TheGrio's 100: Mary Spio, reaching beyond the stars
8:00 AM on 03/09/2010
TheGrio's 100 - As a rocket scientist, Spio gained notoriety when she joined Boeing as the Head of Satellite Communications Systems at just age 26...
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'Fired up' Obama pitches health care reform to public
4:32 PM on 03/08/2010
VIDEO - Stirring memories of his campaign for the White House, President Obama made a spirited, shirt-sleeved appeal for passage of long-stalled health care changes ...
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Iverson needs more than a prayer
4:19 PM on 03/08/2010
His closest confidant asked the basketball world to pray for Allen Iverson, as if no one has all these years while seeing this train wreck coming...
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New moms in Chicago get an extra helping of joy
4:05 PM on 03/08/2010
VIDEO - Nearly four thousand babies are born at Chicago's Mt. Sinai Hospital each year. To each mother, any gift, even a simple baby gift, makes a difference...
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Hundreds massacred with machetes in Nigeria
3:58 PM on 03/08/2010
VIDEO- The killers showed no mercy: They didn't spare women and children, or even a 4-day-old baby, from their machetes...
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Paterson seeks to show he's still in charge
3:48 PM on 03/08/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Gov. David Paterson is adamantly in the business of governing, taking questions from the public and trying to make clear his authority to negotiate a state budget...
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D'Angelo accused of soliciting sex in NYC
2:29 PM on 03/08/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Authorities say D'Angelo was caught in New York City trying to pay $40 for sex with an undercover cop posing as a prostitute...
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New poll finds blacks motivated to vote in November
1:48 PM on 03/08/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats facing strong headwinds this election season have at least one reason for optimism...
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Wealth gap greatest for black and Latino women
1:30 PM on 03/08/2010
From the Huffington Post - Women of color face an enormous wealth gap when compared to the rest of society, undermining their future economic security...
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Lil Wayne gets year behind bars on gun rap
12:09 PM on 03/08/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - After saying goodbye on concert stages and online video streams, Lil Wayne had nothing to add as he was sentenced...
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Minority firms get less stimulus money
11:24 AM on 03/08/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hispanic and black businesses are receiving a disproportionately small number of federal stimulus contracts, creating a rising chorus of demands for the Obama administration to be more inclusive...
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8 teens shot at Waka Flocka flame concert
11:11 AM on 03/08/2010
Police in Gary, Indiana were called to the scene of a concert headlined by Waka Flocka Flame Friday after a fight broke out leaving 8 people shot and injured...
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- Clarence Thomas' wife's Tea Party ties are supremely disturbing
- Democrats' crack-cocaine compromise is still 'racist'
- How 'Bloody Sunday' changed America
- Three reasons why Obama should take small steps to save jobs
- Why audiences should opt-out of 'Cop Out'
- Van Jones returns: 'I'm more committed to the politics of hope now'
- Todd Bridges buries troubled past in 'Killing Willis'
- Lee Daniels: We need to get out of 'Huxtable' mode
- Slideshow: 20 films that uplifted black America
- Slideshow: 15 films that hurt black America
- 'High School Musical' star Corbin Bleu talks to theGrio about new Broadway role
- Slideshow: The 25 most influential albums by African-Americans
- Obama proposes $900 million in grants to stop school drop outs
- Charles Rangel should resign in light of ethics panel ruling
- Obama, Republicans clash at heated health summit
- Fox News contributor Angela McGlowan to run for Congress in Mississippi
- NY Gov. Paterson has mere $620G to battle $12 million-man Andrew Cuomo
- The new Obama is the old Obama
- AP sources: Woods likely to return at Masters
- Michael Jordan to buy NBA's Bobcats
- First black figure skating pair leaps over color barriers & national borders
- Slideshow: The 15 best dunkers in NBA history
- Where's the diversity at the Winter Olympics?
- Slideshow: African-Americans at the Winter games
- Certain carnival dances said to come from the days of slavery
- Selma, a town rich with history, seeks new legacy
- 'Black Ski' gets a lift from the First Family
- Slideshow: A glimpse of Hawaii's gorgeous landscape
- How to celebrate Black History Month in the Big Apple
- Afro-centric brides on parade
- TheGrio's 100: Mary Spio, reaching beyond the stars
- TheGrio's 100: Tim King, prepping the next generation
- TheGrio's 100: Kamala Harris, the future of California politics
- TheGrio Reflects: The genius of Ray Charles
- TheGrio's 100: Dr. Kathie-Ann Joseph, battling breast cancer and more
- TheGrio's 100: Clarence Otis Jr, serving 400 million meals a year
- TheGrio Reflects: Malcolm X rails against complacent civil rights activists
- TheGrio Reflects: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul
- TheGrio Reflects: Muhammad Ali on Vietnam
- theGrio Reflects: The Story Of Emmett Till
- theGrio Reflects: the Underground Railroad
- theGrio Reflects: The 14th Amendment is adopted
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