Are the Obamas too critical of black Americans?

theGRIO REPORT - Speeches delivered by President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama at the commencements for historically black colleges over the weekend have sparked a debate among black commentators...

Michelle Obama: Too many 'fantasize about being a baller or a rapper'

Lilly Workneh

theGRIO REPORT - First lady Michelle Obama addressed Bowie State University's graduating class on Friday and delivered a speech drawing on the importance of earning an education...

Full text: President Obama's Morehouse speech

theGrio

NEWS - President Barack Obama delivered the commencement address to graduates of Morehouse College on Sunday, making history as the first African-American president, addressing the alma mater of men including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr...

President, first lady address HBCU graduates

Lilly Workneh

theGRIO SLIDESHOW - Graduation season is underway and students and their families are joined by a few special guests as they celebrate their achievement...

Father, son to graduate Morehouse together

Blayne Alexander, NBC Atlanta

ATLANTA -- This weekend will be a busy one for Dorian Joyner, Sr. Sunday morning, he will watch his oldest son graduate from Morehouse College.

Dr. Ben Carson's anti-gay remarks land him in hot water

Erin Delmore, MSNBC.com

MSNBC - Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson told Andrea Mitchell Friday that he is prepared to refrain from speaking at the university’s School of Medicine commencement ceremony, after students and faculty petitioned over comments he made this week that were widely seen as anti-gay...

Study: High school grad rate highest since '76

Phillip Elliott, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's high school graduation rate is the highest since 1976, but more than a fifth of students are still failing to get their diploma in four years, the Education Department said in a study released Tuesday...

Drake gives high school grad speech

Ugonna Okpalaoka

VIDEO - After finally receiving his high school diploma earlier this month, Drake celebrated by delivering a graduation speech to students at Toronto's Jarvis Collegiate Institute on Friday...

Barely half of black males graduate high school

Ugonna Okpalaoka

theGRIO REPORT - A new study released today shows that while black males’ high school graduation rates have improved significantly in the last eleven years, they still fall behind their white counterparts...

50 Cent recalls 'beef' with Kanye West

Ornella Leahong

theGRIO REPORT - Rap fans may remember 2007's 'The Battle of the Album Sales' that featured two of the biggest artists in hip-hop -- 50 Cent and Kanye West. It was built as a clash of rap of titans and even snagged the cover of Rolling Stone...