'Chocolate cities' see rise in vanilla population
theGRIO REPORT - The changes can mean displacement of memories and sites that some African-Americans believe are historic and priceless...
Washington: the 'blackest name' in America
(AP) - The 2000 U.S. Census counted 163,036 people with the surname Washington. Ninety percent of them were African-American...
Census estimates show more blacks moving South
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Southern U.S. region accounted for roughly 75 percent of the population gains among blacks since 2000, up from 65 percent in the 1990s...
Halle Berry custody battle re-opens 'one drop rule' debate
OPINION - In America, race has never been a scientific or genealogical designation, but a political and social one...
Census estimates show big gains for US minorities
WASHINGTON (AP) - Racial minorities accounted for roughly 85 percent of U.S. population growth over the last decade -- one of the largest shares ever...
African-Americans make great migration back to the South
Houston, Charlotte, N.C., and Raleigh, N.C., were also among the nation's biggest gainers of African-Americans over the decade...
US Census: Number of poor may be millions higher
WASHINGTON (AP) - At the same time, government aid programs such as tax credits and food stamps kept many people out of poverty...
Slideshow: The top 10 civil rights conflicts of 2010
SLIDESHOW - The work of civil rights lawyers and advocates has not slowed in the wake of the 2008 presidential election...
2010 census to show slowing US growth, GOP gains
WASHINGTON (AP) - Demographers believe the official 2010 count will be 308.7 million or lower, putting U.S. growth at around 9 percent, the lowest since the 1940 census...
New population count may complicate Obama 2012 bid
WASHINGTON (AP) - The 2010 census report coming out Tuesday will include lots of good political news for Republicans and grim data for Democrats hoping to re-elect President Obama...
