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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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TheGrio's 100: Joshua Dubois, Obama's Pastor-In-Chief
5:00 AM on 02/09/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Don't be fooled by DuBois' age, describing him as very capable and a gifted relationship-builder in religious circles...
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TheGrio's 100: Craig Watkins, a Texas DA using DNA for justice
5:00 AM on 02/08/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins became the first black district attorney in Texas. He didn't realize he was making state history...
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TheGrio's 100: Wyclef Jean, musician, Haitian native son and activist
5:00 AM on 02/06/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Long before the Haiti earthquake, Wyclef Jean was lifting his native land up...
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TheGrio's 100: Cory Booker, Brick City mayor with a bright future
9:18 AM on 02/05/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Cory Booker took office as mayor of Newark, N.J., in 2006...
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TheGrio's 100: Majora Carter, a green powerbroker
10:00 AM on 02/04/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Majora Carter, 43, has been described as a green power broker and a visionary in environmentally sound urban renewal...
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TheGrio's 100: Richard R. Buery Jr, working for the children
8:00 AM on 02/03/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Richard Buery Jr. is the president and CEO of the Children's Aid Society...
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The sit-ins that changed America
12:06 PM on 02/02/2010
From The LA Times: Of the big events of the early civil rights movement, the sit-ins have always been the least understood and, yet, the most important for today's young activists...
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TheGrio Reflects: The life of Marcus Garvey
7:34 AM on 02/01/2010
VIDEO - Marcus Garvey was born into the racial inequities of the colonial system of Jamaica. He decided to fight for change when he read...
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TheGrio's 100: Dr. Yolanda Wimberly, sex educator for life
5:00 AM on 02/01/2010
TheGrio's 100 - I think in general, in the black community, we don't necessarily talk about sex...
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TheGrio's 100: Rabbi Alysa Stanton, the new face of Judaism
5:00 AM on 02/01/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Alysa Stanton is the first black woman to become a rabbi in any mainstream Jewish denomination...
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TheGrio's 100: Shawna Kimbrell, first black female fighter pilot
5:00 AM on 02/01/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Major Shawna Rochelle Kimbrell is the first female African-American fighter pilot...
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TheGrio's 100: Kari Fulton, to be young, green, and black
4:59 AM on 02/01/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Did you know that it's cool to be black and green? Kari Fulton has been leading the charge...
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theGrio Reflects: The Story Of Emmett Till
12:10 PM on 12/20/2009
VIDEO - In light of the discovery of raided graves at the cemetery where he was buried, theGrio looks back at the life of lynching victim Emmett Till...
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Museum to commemorate 'Little Rock Nine'
2:24 PM on 11/23/2009
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Every day before heading to Little Rock Central High School in the fall of 1957, nine black students gathered to prepare for the angry mob they faced...
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Maryland plaque reminds of historic Dred Scott case
9:37 AM on 11/18/2009
FREDERICK, Maryland (AP) - More than 150 years after the U.S. Supreme Court issued the notorious Dred Scott decision affirming slavery, a Maryland city unveiled...
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Museum to preserve Woolworth's lunch counter - and legacy of civil rights fight
9:00 AM on 11/17/2009
OPINION - Does the current rise of minorities in American society signify the end of a fight for civil equality?
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Time well served for black seaman in Jim Crow era
11:04 AM on 11/11/2009
VIDEO - Elijah McKelvin, like many in his time, joined the United States military forces to fight in what was the deadliest conflict in human history...
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What you can learn from Dr. King's family squabble
9:30 AM on 10/13/2009
OPINION - There are lessons from the King Family lawsuit we can learn as parents when leaving wealth to our children.
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A visit to the Georgia town of Michelle Obama's roots
5:26 PM on 10/10/2009
VIDEO - "It's such a wonderful story to hear that she has roots here," said local seamstress Naomi Gilson. "But it is teary, makes you kind of hurt a little bit."
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Top Stories
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New Bible for black teens aims to bring God down to earth
A new Bible attempts to respond to complex questions youths often ask themselves and adults...
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