Detroit wall that once divided races remains, serves at history lesson

Jeff Karoub, Associated Press

DETROIT (AP) - The 6 feet tall and a foot thick wall was built two decades earlier with a simple aim: to separate homes planned for middle-class whites from blacks who had already built small houses or owned land with plans to build...

Ga. town preps 1st integrated prom

Kunbi Tinuoye

theGRIO REPORT - Just days before a high school in rural Georgia holds its first ever racially integrated prom, the group of teens who organized it say they are anticipating a decent turnout and are hopeful the night will be a resounding success...

Students plan Georgia high school’s first-ever integrated prom

Lilly Workneh

VIDEO - The high school’s annual sponsored prom ended the same year the school accepted integration, but parents continued to fund separate segregated proms up until today...

'A Palestinian Rosa Parks is needed': Israel's segregated bus outrage

Martin Fletcher, Correspondent, NBC News

TEL AVIV -- For a country fighting allegations of racism and apartheid against its Arab citizens, introducing a "Palestinian-only" bus line for workers entering Israel from the West Bank may not be the smartest move...

Barclays Center pays tribute to segregated black basketball stars

Carrie Healey

theGRIO REPORT - The Barclays Center is linking Brooklyn's African-American basketball history and its present-day team, the Brooklyn Nets, with the new installation of historic photographs of the Black Fives, early-20th century African-American basketball teams, throughout the arena's main concourse...

Racial segregation linked to lung cancer deaths

Dr. Tyeese Gaines

theGRIO REPORT - How segregated a neighborhood is may determine who dies from lung cancer, according to a new study...

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'...

Reunion invite: 'White graduates only'

theGrio

A high school reunion in Louisiana is attracting national attention thanks to an unusual invite which includes 'white graduates only'...

Sen. Robert Byrd sought civil rights FBI files

Lawrence Messina, Associated Press

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd obtained secret FBI documents about the civil rights movement that were leaked by the CIA and triggered an angry confrontation between the two agencies in the 1960s, according to newly released FBI records...

Neighborhood, not income, predicts Chicago health disparities

Renita D. Young

theGRIO REPORT - A recent study shows that the differences in neighborhood conditions strongly predict who will be healthy, who will be sick, and who will live longer, independent of income...