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Rev. Frederick D. Reese remembers 'Bloody Sunday' in Selma
10:03 AM on 03/08/2010
VIDEO - Selma would provide a spark for then-President Lyndon B. Johnson to sign the 1965 Voting Rights Act...
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Lee Daniels: We need to get out of 'Huxtable' mode
12:48 PM on 03/07/2010
VIDEO - 'Precious' director Lee Daniels is "just happy" to be nominated for an Oscar...
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New film 'Blood Done Sign My Name' recreates 1970 battle against segregation
2:34 PM on 02/19/2010
VIDEO - A new film looks at how the tragic murder of a Vietnam veteran prompted a small North Carolina town's black community to stand up and fight back...
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Ad exec Tom Burrell says America has been 'brainwashed' about blacks
10:31 AM on 02/12/2010
VIDEO - Ad executive Tom Burrell has seen first-hand how images can influence consumer thoughts and behaviors...
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Tea Party movement lacks diversity, but unified in anti-government fervor
3:18 PM on 02/05/2010
VIDEO - At the first day of the National Tea Party Convention, the scene was far more subdued, but the message was clear: Federal government, get out of our way...
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TheGrio's 100: Seun Adebiyi, fighting for his life and for others
8:18 AM on 02/02/2010
TheGrio's 100 - An Olympic hopeful and a fighter; Seun Adebiyi leads the Herculean feat of increasing minority bone marrow donor registration...
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Cite Soleil's best and brightest buried in mission school
8:00 AM on 01/21/2010
VIDEO - Singing once filled the classrooms at this Salesian mission school in Cite Soleil - in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. Now, there is only silence...
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Reporter's notebook: Haiti survivors show patience, strength
1:27 AM on 01/19/2010
DISPATCH - There are people in Haiti like you and me -- workers, store owners, craftsman, brothers, teachers, nurses. Let's not just give them one big 'devastated' label...
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Port-au-Prince school transforms into refuge for quake victims
3:10 PM on 01/18/2010
VIDEO - theGrio's Todd Johnson speaks with Marc Germaine, who has reopened a Port-au-Prince school and transformed it into a refuge for earthquake victims...
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Haitians search for family - and hope - in makeshift communities
3:31 PM on 01/17/2010
VIDEO - In Haiti, people are searching for hope in any way they can. That means forming communities when there are no other options...
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Reporter's notebook: 'How will my country put up with this?'
5:45 PM on 01/14/2010
DISPATCH -Todd Johnson: Karl Alexis just shakes his head when asked if he ever imagined an earthquake could strike his native Haiti...
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Reporter's notebook: Getting to Haiti
12:45 PM on 01/14/2010
DISPATCH - Todd Johnson on being dispatched to cover the earthquake in Haiti.
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Cancer victim sheds light on bone marrow donor crisis
1:07 PM on 01/13/2010
VIDEO - Seun Adebiyi is proud of his many accomplishments -- graduating from Yale Law School, working for Goldman Sachs and even training for the 2014 Winter Olympics...
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'Team in Africa' program connects students a continent apart
7:02 AM on 01/11/2010
VIDEO - Rwanda and Kenya might as well be on another planet for most middle-school students. But not at Team Academy in Newark, New Jersey...
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HP's face-tracking webcams aren't 'racist'
9:32 AM on 12/22/2009
VIDEO - Webcams aren't usually accused of holding biases. But after one consumer took to YouTube to criticize HP's Deluxe Webcam, the Internet buzz began...
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Obama's approval rating slips but blacks show steady support
10:06 AM on 12/18/2009
VIDEO - The latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows a 47 percent approval rating for President Barack Obama...
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Jesse Jackson grades Obama, weighs in on Tiger Woods
11:40 AM on 12/16/2009
VIDEO - Rev. Jesse Jackson continues to push President Barack Obama to make black unemployment more of a priority in his adminstration...
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Debate teams help black students find their voice
8:20 AM on 12/15/2009
VIDEO - High school juniors Devonte Escoffery and Stephon Adams have made their school's debate team their number one priority...
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Magic Johnson: Now is the time to invest in black communities
9:30 AM on 12/09/2009
VIDEO - NBA Hall of Famer Earvin "Magic" Johnson is still dishing out assists, even if he's not in command of the Los Angeles Lakers' "Showtime" offense...
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Single mom loses job, but keeps the faith
1:04 PM on 12/03/2009
VIDEO - Single mom Sharon Cooper has a new mindset when it comes to shopping: if it isn't food, it isn't needed...
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- Why some people want to make a monkey out of Michelle
- How Obama and Preval can reset US-Haiti relations
- Will Roethlisberger get the Michael Vick treatment?
- New studies reveal the urgency of first lady's obesity fight
- NYC b-boys hope to be discovered dancing on subways
- Slideshow: Friends or foes? Where black leaders stand with Obama
- Oscars' 'Kanye moment' shouldn't overshadow history
- Rangel's loss could be Harlem voters' gain
- Mo'Nique's win is one of Oscar night's 'Precious' moments
- How 'Bloody Sunday' changed America
- This year's Oscar nominees are rich with racial themes
- Paterson should 'put the people first' and resign
- The twilight of Harlem's 'Gang of Four'
- Barbershop Buzz: Should Paterson resign?
- Will Dems heed Obama's eleventh hour call for health care reform?
- Obama's health care reform efforts stymied by politics of prejudice
- Rhode Island teacher firing exposes sorry state of our schools
- Why African-Americans have given President Obama a pass
- An NFL without a salary cap could make fans the biggest losers
- Barbershop Buzz on sex addiction: Is it a myth or malady?
- Tiger's been tamed, now leave him alone
- Why we should accept Tiger's apology
- Five things Tiger Woods should say at mea culpa media event
- Slideshow: The 15 best dunkers in NBA history
- Slideshow: A glimpse of Hawaii's gorgeous landscape
- How to celebrate Black History Month in the Big Apple
- Slideshow: Vancouver's Commercial Drive captures city's diversity
- Five things you didn't know about Kwanzaa (but should)
- Africans find unlikely education at Ukraine universities
- 'Fela' brings Nigeria to Broadway
- CDC enlists celebs to launch social media fight against HIV/AIDS
- Obama's last stand on health care reform
- The skinny on food and mood
- African-Americans increasingly going under the knife in quest for perfection
- Cancer victim sheds light on bone marrow donor crisis
- 7 ways to keep your resolution to work out
- TheGrio's 100: Tim King, prepping the next generation
- Rev. Frederick D. Reese remembers 'Bloody Sunday' in Selma
- TheGrio's 100: Kamala Harris, the future of California politics
- 'No place like home': The cast of '227' reunites
- National Urban League launches 'I Am Empowered' campaign with theGrio
- Can reconciliation resuscitate health care reform?
- Why audiences should opt-out of 'Cop Out'
- Black music without borders: Five artists you need to hear
- 'Ameriville': Stories of Hurricane Katrina still alive onstage
- Sade's return is worth the wait
- 'The Book of Eli': A not-so-new parable of burnt-out beauty
- Mary J. Blige's 'Stronger With Each Tear' is a gem
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