‘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...
Census may lose 'Negro' by 2020
theGRIO REPORT - The U.S. Census Bureau is considering removing the term Negro from its form by 2020...
NYC Democrat's mailer decries crime rise in 'negrohood'
theGRIO REPORT - Brooklyn Democrat Ben Akselrod is apologizing after his campaign literature -- which used the term 'negrohood' instead of 'neighborhood' -- circulated in the Sheephead Bay community.
White man rejects grocery bagging by 'negroidal'
theGRIO REPORT - A white Texas man claims that allowing a black man, or in his words a "negroidal", to bag his groceries is a violation of his religious and civil rights...
From Negro Creek to Wop Draw, place names offend
FRESNO, California (AP) - Even with the federal and several state governments leading the way, scrubbing offensive place names -- except for the N-word and Jap -- hasn't been easy...
Belafonte: Cain 'a bad apple' and 'false negro'
The legendary entertainer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte lambasted Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain as a 'bad apple'...
Race-based names dot the landscape
ATLANTA - The onetime name of Gov. Rick Perry's Texas hunting camp is currently the most famous example of an egregious race-based place name, but it is not the only one...
Maryland bill seeks to rename 'Negro Mountain'
WASHINGTON - Western Maryland historians say Negro Mountain honors a free black man who acted heroically during the French and Indian War ...
'No negroes allowed' in Wisconsin gentlemen's club
VIDEO - This sign is one which generations of people may have never seen, and many wished they would never have to see again...
2010 SC manual removes 'Negro' references
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The official manual of the South Carolina Legislature no longer references "Negro" or "scalawag" in historical listings of Reconstruction leaders...
