Black History

Patricia S. Due dead: Civil rights leader, dies at 72

By theGrio

1:02 PM on 02/09/2012

Patricia Stephens Due stayed in jail for 49 days, refusing to pay bail after she was arrested for sitting at a Woolworth lunch counter...
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Brigham Young University video shows Black History Month ignorance

By Ashley Michelle Williams

4:50 PM on 02/08/2012

VIDEO - Although all Americans -- not just African-Americans-- are expected to commemorate this month, a student a Brigham Young University is trying to prove this is not the case...
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Photo of Coretta Scott King, Michelle Obama goes viral: 'One black man died for another black man to win'

By theGrio

12:10 PM on 02/08/2012

theGRIO REPORT - The caption below it reads: 'One Black Man Died For Another Black Man To Win.' What do you think of this picture? Do you think it's inspiring or in poor taste?
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Newport Historical Society buys letter of freed slave from 1821

By theGrio

10:15 AM on 02/08/2012

He was the country's first black music teacher, and led the Free African Union Society, believed to be the first association of African Americans in the country...
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DC wax museum adds Harriet Tubman to collection

By theGrio

9:24 AM on 02/08/2012

WASHINGTON (AP) - Descendants of Harriet Tubman have gathered at The President's Gallery by Madame Tussauds and unveiled a wax statue of the woman who led hundreds of slaves to freedom....
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Charles Dickens characters: Were they drawn from real-life black Londoners?

By Karl Bostic

5:51 PM on 02/07/2012

theGRIO REPORT - In Charles Dickens' London, there was a diverse population of all backgrounds: a large Irish population, a significant Jewish population, and a very visible population of African origin...
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Brown University student discovers Malcolm X speech from 1961

By theGrio

5:27 PM on 02/06/2012

The audiotape of Malcolm X's 1961 address in Providence might never have surfaced at all if 22-year-old Brown University student Malcolm Burnley hadn't stumbled across a reference to it in an old student newspaper...
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Schomberg Center director Dr. Khalil Muhammad: Black history is 'life saving'

By WanJira Banfield

8:01 AM on 02/06/2012

theGRIO Q&A - Dr. Khalil Muhammad exemplifies the pure essence of black history...
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New MLK assassination footage revealed in Smithsonian Channel doc

By theGrio

7:15 PM on 02/03/2012

theGRIO VIDEO - Smithsonian Channel has released footage from their upcoming MLK assassination doc to theGrio.com...
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Underground Railroad museum faces closure due to financial trouble

By theGrio

3:16 PM on 02/03/2012

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center could possibly be closing its doors due to financial troubles...
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Maya Angelou hosts Black History Month special

By theGrio

8:38 AM on 02/02/2012

WASHINGTON (AP) - Author and activist Maya Angelou hopes for a time when Black History Month will no longer be needed to explain the contributions of African-Americans...
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Malcolm X artifacts unearthed: Police docs and more found among belongs of 'Shorty' Jarvis

By theGrio

3:10 PM on 02/01/2012

DETROIT (AP) - Documents outlining the crime that landed Malcolm X in prison in the 1940s are among some 1,000 recently unearthed items purchased jointly by the civil rights leader's foundation...
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This day in black history: Slavery's end, Langston Hughes and BET

By theGrio

10:36 AM on 02/01/2012

theGRIO REPORT - What history was made on this day?
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Don Cornelius dead: Why 'Soul Train' will never leave America's station

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson

10:22 AM on 02/01/2012

OPINION - 'Soul Train' always managed to stay fresh, alluring and project the unmistakable magnetism of black dance, song and art...
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Black History Month: Debunking the 10 biggest myths about black history

By David A. Love

8:43 AM on 02/01/2012

OPINION - Here at theGrio, we thought we'd kick off February the right way by debunking the 10 biggest myths about Black History Month...
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'The Great Debaters' rematch: Wiley, USC recreate 1935 debate

By theGrio

2:52 PM on 01/26/2012

DALLAS (AP) - Teams from Wiley College and the University of Southern California will have a rematch Friday of the memorable 1935 debate that saw the small, historically black school prevail over the nationally known, mostly white powerhouse...
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New exhibit explores Thomas Jefferson's slave ownership

By theGrio

11:42 AM on 01/25/2012

WASHINGTON (AP) - As the Smithsonian continues developing a national black history museum, it's offering a look at Thomas Jefferson's lifelong slave ownership through an exhibit that explores the lives of six slave families at his Monticello plantation...
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African-American slave cemeteries plowed over for spillway to be restored near New Orleans

By Alexis Garrett Stodghill

8:00 AM on 01/25/2012

theGRIO REPORT - Two cemeteries that had been dedicated to the burial of African-American slaves and their descendants were plowed over in 1929, but will soon be restored...
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Today in black history: Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall dies

By theGrio

12:44 PM on 01/24/2012

VIDEO - Thurgood Marshall was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, and its first African-American justice...
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Slideshow: The Tuskegee Airmen's legacy still soars

By theGrio

9:00 PM on 01/22/2012

SLIDESHOW - America's first black military fighter pilots, the Tuskegee Airmen used their intelligence, skill, and courage to ignore discrimination and break racial barriers...
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