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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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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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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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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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New rare photos of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at home

By theGrio

2:58 PM on 01/23/2012

Time magazine online is featuring rare photos of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at home...
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'Red Tails': If George Lucas war film flops, are black audiences to blame?

By Adam Howard

6:00 AM on 01/20/2012

OPINION - 'Red Tails' won't attract audiences because it was hard to finance. The film will have to deliver dramatically or it will have been all for naught...
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How do you teach slavery in school without being insensitive?

By Jay Scott Smith

8:45 AM on 01/19/2012

theGRIO REPORT - For the second time this month, a highly controversial homework assignment involving slavery has led to stunned outrage...
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Martin Luther King Jr. archives: Ronald Reagan raises questions about MLK connections to Communism

By Kyle Harvey

6:00 PM on 01/13/2012

VIDEO - In this archival footage, President Ronald Reagan raises questions about whether or not Dr. Martin Luther King Jr was a Communist sympathizer...
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Martin Luther King Jr. archives: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

By Kyle Harvey

3:30 PM on 01/13/2012

VIDEO - In this archival footage you'll get to see Martin Luther King Jr. and civil rights activist Roy Wilkins on NBC's 'Meet The Press' discussing the historic 1963 March on Washington...
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Photographs capture ways in which blacks claimed citizenship in Great Depression

By theGrio

12:53 PM on 01/13/2012

The 'Claiming Citizenship: African-Americans and New Deal Photography' exhibit captures moments of African-Americans learning to read, being taught new job skills and creating art during the 1930s...
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Taking the kids -- and learning African-American history in Boston

By theGrio

12:27 PM on 01/13/2012

Crispus Attucks is buried alongside the other massacre victims at the historic Granary Burying Ground where some of America's most notable citizens lay, including John Hancock and Paul Revere...
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Civil War museums changing as view on war changes

By theGrio

12:04 PM on 01/09/2012

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - For some museums, that means more displays on African-Americans or exhibits on the roles women played as combatants and spies...
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Laurence Fishburne narrated 'Slavery By Another Name' explores 'shameful' history

By theGrio

12:34 PM on 01/06/2012

'Slavery By Another Name,' a new PBS documentary, explores and upends what producers say is a widely accepted notion: that slavery in America came to a halt with the Emancipation Proclamation...
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Rosewood: The last survivor remembers an American tragedy

By Dr. Marvin Dunn

8:54 AM on 01/04/2012

theGRIO REPORT - Robie Mortin was the last person alive with a living memory of Rosewood the north Florida black town that was consumed in racial rage this week more than eight decades ago...
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Ida B. Wells to be honored with sculpture in Chicago

By theGrio

3:08 PM on 12/28/2011

CHICAGO (AP) - For six decades, civil rights pioneer Ida B. Wells was woven into the fabric of Chicago's South Side as the namesake of a public housing project...
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