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The recording was forgotten, and so, too, was the odd twist of history that brought together Malcolm X and a bespectacled Brown University Ivy Leaguer fated to become one of America's top diplomats. 
CNN's Roland Martin is under fire from gay rights groups after tweeting that people should "smack the ish out" of male fans of a steamy Super Bowl commercial starring David Beckham.
Perhaps the defining day in Quentin P. Smith's life was the day the young Tuskegee airman defied a direct order and helped to integrate the U.S. military. Now 93, he has had a close-up view of U.S. history from desegregation to the Barack Obama presidency.
TheGrio.com has obtained clips from the upcoming Smithsonian Channel documentary MLK: The Assassination Tapes. 
Those who remember Holly Knoll, a home-become-conference-center on the banks of the York River, call it the "cradle of the civil-rights movement." In mid-century many of the country's most prominent black activists and intellectuals gathered at the three-story Georgian manor, built in 1935 across the York River from Williamsburg, to strategize and plan.
As the Tuskegee Airmen fought for their place in the skies during World War II, they were supported by a dedicated and often forgotten cadre of women. 
As part of Black History Month, the Church of God is putting a special emphasis on African-American ministries.
It opened to great fanfare and promise in 2004. Now, the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center,
whose exhibits focus on the story of the American struggle for freedom,
especially that of African Americans, is in deep financial trouble that
could force it to shut down.
Today, as our nation kicks off African American History Month, the campaign is launching African Americans for Obama.
The kids in low-income D.C. neighborhoods called her Grandma Virginia, and their parents gave her the respect of calling her Miss Virginia. For years Virginia Walden Ford, 60, had a refrigerator packed with food in case any of the kids came by her modest home--and when you met her, she'd find out anything you might need so she could check if she had it. No air conditioner at your house? Take this one.
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.
Atheist organizations from around the country have taken to billboard advertising to promote their views and their organizations over the last few months, but a new campaign by one atheist organization is focusing on reaching one group of people in particular: African-Americans.
Tricia Rose is Professor of Africana Studies at Brown University. She is most well known for her groundbreaking book on the emergence of hip hop culture, Black Noise, which was ranked among the top 25 books of 1995 by the Village Voice, and in 1999 was listed by Black Issues in Higher Education as one of its "Top Books of the Twentieth Century."
A St. Paul teacher is on paid leave after being accused of racial discrimination in his own classroom.
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