‘Negro’ will no longer be used on US Census surveys
WASHINGTON (AP) - After more than a century, the Census Bureau is dropping its use of the word 'Negro' to describe black Americans in surveys...
Film about WWII black heroines needs your help
theGRIO REPORT - Invisible Warriors: African American Women in World War II is a documentary film, currently in production, about African-American women who played a significant role in World War II...
Alabama voters keep Jim Crow language in constitution
theGRIO REPORT - Alabama voters turned down an amendment to the state's constitution in Tuesday's elections that would have removed racist language from the document...
108-year-old casts her 1st vote ever
VIDEO - Joanna Jenkins has never voted before and doesn't have an official state ID, but she didn't let that stop her from participating for the first time in a presidential election...
How poll taxes have hurt black America
theGRIO REPORT - Addressing the 103rd NAACP Convention in Houston, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder likened new voter ID laws to poll taxes...
Loving Day for gay marriage, too?
OPINION - While interracial marriage pushed the marital envelope half a century ago, same sex marriage is doing the same thing today.
How WWII vets helped lead the civil rights fight
theGRIO REPORT - Black veterans, especially those who fought in World War II, served critical roles in raising national and international awareness about Jim Crow...
New Jim Crow museum opens on Mich. college campus
VIDEO - A museum showcasing thousands of racist memorabilia artifacts opened on Michigan's Ferris State University's Campus on Thursday...
New Michigan museum showcases racist artifacts
BIG RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - The objects displayed in Michigan's newest museum range from the ordinary, such as simple ashtrays and fishing lures, to the grotesque -- a full-size replica of a lynching tree...
NAACP report: Are voter IDs the new Jim Crow?
theGRIO REPORT - A new NAACP report on the suppression of the black vote refers to recent right-wing political tactics as the new Jim Crow...
