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Emory University

Diahann Carroll

Remembering the 1st black supermodels

Kunbi Tinuoye
ATLANTA, Ga. - The founder of one of America's first modeling agencies to represent women of color has placed her papers at Emory University...
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Emory University President James Wagner (R) introduces former President Jimmy Carter during Carter's 28th annual town hall meeting at Emory University on September 16, 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia. Carter answered Emory students' questions ranging in topics from racism, health care and the Middle East during the one-hour town hall meeting. (Photo by Jessica McGowan/Getty Images)

Emory president fighting for his job after slavery comments

Kunbi Tinuoye
theGRIO REPORT - Emory University president James Wagner is fighting to save his career following widespread criticism over controversial remarks he made about slavery in a university publication...
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Usher attends his New Look Foundation 2012 World Leadership conference on Leadership Certification Day on June 21, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Usher's New Look Foundation)

Usher hosts 3rd annual World Leadership Conference

Carrie Healey
theGRIO REPORT - Usher's non-profit organization, New Look Foundation, hosted their third annual World Leadership Conference at Emory University in Atlanta from June 19-23, 2012...
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Natasha Trethewey recalls her young years in Mississippi, during a break in her speaking schedule at Delta State University in Cleveland, Miss. Trethewey will be named the Library of Congress' 19th poet laureate Thursday, June 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

African-American woman named 19th Poet Laureate

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EBONY. - The Library of Congress is to announce Thursday that the next poet laureate is Natasha Trethewey, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of three collections and a professor of creative writing atEmory University in Atlanta.
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Emory acquires rare African-American photos

Caryn Freeman
theGRIO REPORT - Emory University has secured one of the largest photo libraries of black history ever assembled...
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On January 31, 1865, Congress passed the Thirteenth Amendment which, on ratification, abolished slavery in America. The vote in the House was 121 to 24.(AP Photo)

Emory: Colleges come to terms with slave-owning pasts

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In 2009, the school acknowledged that it, "owned and exploited slave labor from its founding to the Civil War..."
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