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Ryan Coogler accepts the Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic for Fruitvale onstage at the Awards Night Ceremony during the 2013 Sundance Film Festival at Basin Recreation Field House on January 26, 2013 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

Oscar Grant film 'Fruitvale' wins jury prize at Sundance

Sandy Cohen, Associated Press
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) - 'Fruitvale' is based on the true story of Oscar Grant, who was 22 years old when he was shot and killed in a public transit station in Oakland, California...
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Civil War re-enactors (AP Photo)

Utah college votes to keep 'Dixie' in name amid controversy

Kunbi Tinuoye
theGRIO REPORT - The board of trustees at a college in Utah has unanimously voted to keep the word "Dixie" in its name despite critics saying the word has a racially insensitive link with the Civil War-era Confederacy...
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Anita Hill poses for a portrait during the Sundance Film Festival on Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, in Park City, Utah. Hill made national headlines in 1991 when she testified that then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas had sexually harassed her. Now, more than 20 years later, director Freida Mock explores Hill's landmark testimony and the resulting social and political changes in the documentary "Anita," premiering Saturday at the Sundance Film Festival. (Photo by Victorial Will/Invision/AP)

Anita Hill reflects on Senate hearings in new documentary

Sandy Cohen, Associated Press
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) - Anita Hill made national headlines in 1991 when she testified that then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas had made sexually inappropriate comments toward her...
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Robert Redford, founder and president of the Sundance Institute, speaks during the opening news conference of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Redford: Diversity reigns at Sundance Festival

Sandy Cohen, Associated Press
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) - Diversity is king at the Sundance Film Festival — and queen, too...
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'Jungle Gold': A case study in the exploitation of Africa

Amma Bonsu
OPINION - 'Jungle Gold' chronicles an ill-advised mission of three Utahans desperate to pay off over a million dollars of debt...
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Kalleen Land of Utah sits next to t-shirts of Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney during the final day of the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum on August 30, 2012 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Obama received 0 votes in some Utah precincts

Edward McClelland, NBC Chicago
CHICAGO - We looked at some election results from Utah, where Mitt Romney received 73 percent of the vote -- the biggest winning margin for either candidate in any state...
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U.S. President Barack Obama stands on stage with first lady Michelle Obama after his victory speech on election night at McCormick Place November 6, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois.  (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Map shows South has most racist Obama tweets

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - An interactive map tracks the most hateful tweets following President Barack Obama's re-election...
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Republican congressional nominee Mia Love.

Mia Love fails to become 1st black GOP congresswoman

theGrio
theGRIO REPORT - Mia Love, who was widely expected to become the first black female Republican congresswoman in history, has conceded a very close race...
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Mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah Mia Love speaks during the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum on August 28, 2012 in Tampa, Florida. Today is the first full session of the RNC after the start was delayed due to Tropical Storm Isaac. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

1st black GOP woman in US Congress possible

Paul Foy and Andrew Miga, Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - In her bid to become the first black Republican woman elected to Congress, Mia Love is her party's face of diversity this campaign year...
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Republican congressional nominee Mia Love.

Was Mia Love an 'anchor baby'?

Zerlina Maxwell
ANALYSIS - The rising star in the GOP, fresh off her prime-time convention speaking spot, could find herself fighting off allegations of hypocrisy surrounding the details of her immigrant upbringing and just how her family achieved a legal citizenship status...
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