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TheGrio's 100: Malcolm Gladwell, author and pop-sociologist
5:00 AM on 02/10/2010
TheGrio's 100 - How the man with a funny Afro came to be one of the country's most sought-after intellectuals...
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TheGrio's 100: Lynn Nottage, a warrior writer
5:00 AM on 02/09/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Lynn Nottage calls herself a warrior writer. The New York playwright inspires with honest portrayals of strong "warrior women,"...
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TheGrio's 100: Jason Moran, the future of jazz
8:00 AM on 02/04/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Fellow musicians and leagues of fans have labeled Moran the future of jazz...
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TheGrio's 100: Bill T. Jones, activism through movement
9:00 AM on 02/03/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Some choose to protest with marches and picket signs. Bill T. Jones chose dance...
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TheGrio's 100: Wynton Marsalis, a jazz legend plays on
9:00 AM on 02/01/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Everyone knows that Wynton Marsalis lives and breathes by his trumpet...
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TheGrio's 100: Darin Atwater, the jazziest conductor to date
5:00 AM on 02/01/2010
TheGrio's 100 - As conductor of the Baltimore-based Soulful Symphony, Atwater is a trailblazer in the orchestral world...
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TheGrio's 100: Kara Walker, activism through art
5:00 AM on 02/01/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Political protest through art has always been a way of life for Walker...
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TheGrio's 100: Kadir Nelson, drawing from the past to illustrate hope
5:00 AM on 02/01/2010
TheGrio's 100 - You may not know Kadir Nelson by name, but you've probably come across his work...
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TheGrio's 100: Jessica Care Moore, a revolutionary writer to represent black youth
5:00 AM on 02/01/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Jessica Care Moore's fans call her the spoken word laureate of the hip-hop generation...
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TheGrio's 100: Kehinde Wiley, a painter changing the image of black men
5:00 AM on 02/01/2010
TheGrio's 100 - The New York-based painter has recently made a splash in the art world for his paintings of contemporary black men assuming poses from Renaissance portraits...
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Ella Fitzgerald is rediscovered through lost recordings
10:37 AM on 12/16/2009
VIDEO - Jazz lovers have new music to groove to from a familiar voice: Ella Fitzgerald's. But this music is not new at all. It comes from recordings made nearly half a century ago...
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How Hattie made history with a racist role
9:34 AM on 12/15/2009
VIDEO - Although the Mammy depicted in a film is a stereotype, it's still a fact in American film history, and in American life so her character in that story is vital...
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African-American museum will get prime spot on DC mall
10:04 AM on 12/04/2009
The proposed Museum of African American History and Culture is slated to be built at one of the National Mall's most prominent spots...
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Disney's black princess historic, but for whom?
7:39 PM on 11/14/2009
NEW YORK (AP) - Holly Price Alford is over the moon about Disney's first black princess. Her 8-year-old daughter is, too, but not because the princess is black...
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40 years of diversity makes Sesame Street a unique destination
8:49 AM on 11/06/2009
OPINION - There are valuable lessons for children watching Sesame Street for the first time, as much as it is for those of us who have lived around...
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Cleveland home of Langston Hughes sold in foreclosure
10:11 AM on 07/22/2009
CLEVELAND (AP) -- A boyhood home of writer Langston Hughes has been sold in foreclosure...
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Billie Holiday statue rededicated 50 years after her death
1:56 PM on 07/17/2009
On the 50th anniversary of Holiday's death, a Baltimore statue of the jazz icon now bears images evoking the anti-racism message of "Strange Fruit"...
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theGrio Reflects: Michael Jackson hits it big with "Thriller"
8:20 PM on 06/25/2009
In 1984, NBC reporter Jack Perkins looks at the rising popularity of singer Michael Jackson and his top-selling album, "Thriller." Archival video provided by NBC Learn, the education arm of NBC News. For more historic video and classroom resources for teachers and students, visit nbclearn.com....
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Black Music Month: How the Apollo shaped black music
7:59 AM on 06/24/2009
As the story goes.... there once was a dancer who showed up to the Apollo Theater for Amateur night in 1935. The young lady saw the dancers scheduled to go on ahead of her and decided to quit, fearing she could not compete with them. But before she could exit...
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Off-Broadway play tells story of a slave's race for freedom
2:15 PM on 06/22/2009
JULIA MAYES TheGrio.com went behind the scenes at New York City's 59E59 Theater's "Pure Confidence," a play about an African-American horse jockey who is also a slave. Set in the Civil War era, the play explores the struggle for triumph and enduring love in a race for freedom. Check out...
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VIDEO - They've made some progress. A fourth Democrat, John Boccieri of Ohio, has switched his vote from "no" to "yes."...
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