Jackie Robinson's athletic greatness overlooked

Stefen Lovelace

OPINION - Most talk about Robinson for his non-baseball accomplishments – affecting change in baseball, but also in society as a whole. But we also need to remember: He was one hell of a baseball player...

Georgia NAACP joins call for integrated prom

Duffie Dixon, WXIA

VIDEO - Leaders of the Georgia NAACP stood before the Wilcox County School Board at its work session and said it is time for the adults to follow the lead of the students...

Amid Boston school changes, giving voice to busing's past

Bridget Murphy, Associated Press

BOSTON (AP) - The uproar started in 1974, when a federal judge imposed busing after a lawsuit claimed black students were getting lower-quality education than children who attended mostly white schools.

'Why '44' embraced the movie '42'

Joy-Ann Reid

OPINION - When President Barack Obama embraced Rachel Robinson, the 90-year-old widow of baseball Hall of Fame legend Jackie Robinson on Tuesday, he did so as a man in a unique position to relate to her late husband's story...

James Hood dies; defied segregation at U. of Ala.

Bob Johnson, Associated Press

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - One of the first black students who enrolled at the University of Alabama a half century ago in defiance of racial segregation has died. James Hood of Gadsden was 70...

NC governor pardons 'Wilmington 10'

Joy-Ann Reid

theGRIO REPORT - After years of claims that they were wrongly convicted, nine African-American men and one white women wrongly imprisoned for an arson fire in North Carolina that stemmed from racial unrest over integrated schools have been pardoned...

Alabama to vote on segregation language in state Constitution

Similoluwa Ojurongbe

theGRIO REPORT - This November, residents will vote again to see if their state's Constitution can finally be rid of what has been described as 'Alabama's most shameful law'...

How Paterno helped racially integrate college football

Jay Scott Smith

theGRIO REPORT - One part of Joe Paterno's career that has been lost among his accomplishments, however, is that many of his early teams were at the forefront of racial integration in college football...

Mom graduates 55 years after TX integration

theGrio

VIDEO - Burlyce Logan, who will don her cap and gown on Saturday, was one of 11 black students to integrate UNT...

Racial flaps still dog Alabama despite progress

theGrio

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Recent flaps over racially offensive language at the University of Alabama fit a pattern that's dogged the state's flagship school since it was integrated...

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Integration

Jackie Robinson's athletic greatness overlooked

Georgia NAACP joins call for integrated prom

Amid Boston school changes, giving voice to busing's past

'Why '44' embraced the movie '42'

James Hood dies; defied segregation at U. of Ala.

NC governor pardons 'Wilmington 10'

Alabama to vote on segregation language in state Constitution

How Paterno helped racially integrate college football

Mom graduates 55 years after TX integration

Racial flaps still dog Alabama despite progress

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