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TheGrio's 100: Rosalind Brewer, Wal-Mart leader breaks Fortune 500 glass ceiling

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TheGrio's 100 - If Wal-Mart South were its own company, president Rosalind Brewer would be running the 21st largest corporation on the 2010 Fortune 500 list...
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MLK III reportedly looking to buy New York Mets

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NEW YORK (AP) - He said it was premature to make those discussions public, but said in the statement that he valued diversity among owners in pro sports...
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Teddy Riley: R&B needs to return to 'substance'

Shartia Brantley
theGRIO Q&A - The "New Jack Swing" creator and super producer speaks with theGrio on lessons learned...
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Slideshow: What has Obama done for black America in 2010?

David A. Love
SLIDESHOW - In light of the bad economy and attacks on Obama from all directions, the public has lost sight of the many accomplishments of the nation's first black president...
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Remembering the first black man behind a billion-dollar business

Rima Abdelkader
theGRIO REPORT - Reginald L. Lewis died of brain cancer at age 50 in 1993. But his philosophy continues to be followed by entrepreneurs and black youth...
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'No negroes allowed' in Wisconsin gentlemen's club

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VIDEO - This sign is one which generations of people may have never seen, and many wished they would never have to see again...
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DIVERSITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION (2003)
In perhaps its most important decision since Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, the Supreme Court considered the use of race-conscious decision-making in college admissions (often referred to as “affirmative action” programs) in a pair of landmark cases involving the University of Michigan’s admissions policies for its law school and undergraduate college. This was the first time the Court directly addressed the issue since its decision 25 years prior in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, which outlawed quota systems.
In Grutter v. Bollinger, a 5-4 majority ruled that the University of Michigan Law School’s admissions policy was permissible because it used race as one of many factors, furthering “a compelling interest in obtaining the educational benefits that flow from a diverse student body.” However, in Gratz v. Bollinger the Court ruled that the undergraduate admissions policy was unconstitutional because it used a formulaic system that provided additional points to students of color. Taken together, the decisions allowed for affirmative action programs to continue based upon the diversity rationale – so long as they provide sufficient individualized review of each applicant and race is not the predominate factor. A record number of amicus curiae or “friend-of-court” briefs were filed in support of the university’s policies by a broad coalition of civil rights, business and labor groups, as well as leaders from the military, corporations and students themselves – many of whom also participated in various demonstrations on college campuses and at courthouses as the cases wound their way through the system.

Supreme Court to look at sex bias suit vs. Wal-Mart

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court said Monday it will consider whether to keep alive the largest employment discrimination lawsuit in U.S. history...
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Unemployment unexpectedly rises, black joblessness up to 16 percent

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Employers added only 39,000 jobs last month, a sharp decline from the 172,000 created in October, the Labor Department reported Friday...
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Racist imagery still sells on international market

Monique W. Morris
OPINION - All of us have a responsibility to remind emerging nations that becoming a world power does not authorize a degradation of African-Americans...
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Jay-Z Inks deal to bring 40/40 clubs to airports in the U.S

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Delaware North Companies, a global leader in hospitality and food service, has entered into an agreement with Jay-Z's 40/40 Club...
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