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OPINION – Since the classroom and textbooks have been an imperfect way of educating students about African-American history, the future may lie elsewhere…
OPINION – Charlotte spotlights the Democratic theme that there’s a New South, and that the region is no longer the bastion of race and political reaction…
TheGrio’s 100 – As the sole candidate President Barack Obama endorsed with a television commercial in that election, Richmond serves as a direct line to the White House for Louisiana…
TheGrio’s 100 – In 2009, with a deficit of $219 million, the Detroit Public School system was in a state of financial emergency when it appointed Robert Bobb as emergency financial manager…
TheGrio’s 100 – The National Science Foundation keeps American colleges and universities on the cutting edge of technology, funding 20 percent of all research done by U.S. institutions of higher learning — to the tune of $6.5 billion…
TheGrio’s 100 – More than 1.5 million Texans depend on Jason Few to keep their homes cool during boiling Southwest summers, but the Reliant Energy president isn’t sweating it…
“Patricia Watkins said she does not expect an apology from me. She is wrong,” Braun said during a Tuesday news conference, according to the Chicago Tribune…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – The lawsuit was filed this week in a Texas federal court against Turner Industries Group LLC, which is headquartered in Baton Rouge and has denied any harrassment…
If you recall, last year’s cover featured only white women and caused a stir for not including any people of color…
TheGrio.com and Foursquare have teamed up to create a black history “badge”. Foursquare users can check in at more than 100 locations and follow theGrio…
MSNBC – Secret rooms. Hidden passageways. Trap doors. An underground escape route through a network of caves, surfacing at a nearby spring…
The birthers have a plan to end Barack Obama’s presidency — and in Arizona, they’re making progress…
FERRIDAY, La. (AP) – Arthur Leonard Spencer says sure, he made some mistakes back when he was a “snot-nose kid,” like joining the Ku Klux Klan. But murder?…
NEW YORK (AP) – A new exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York will highlight these and other seminal events of the 75-year-old Harlem landmark…
TheGrio’s 100 – After obesity factored in her sister’s death, Linda Fondren made it her mission to get Mississippi, the country’s most overweight state, into shape…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The selection signaled that Obama plans to aggressively compete in traditionally Republican states that he won during his first presidential campaign…
There will be a new introduction from Dick Gregory as well as several videos spanning his relationship with Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Bob Marley and others…
VIDEO – Derrick McCray’s barbecued ribs have been a hit with politicians and football fans in Florida for years. Now McCray will be cooking for a bigger crowd — the Super Bowl…
NEW YORK (AP) – Martin Luther King Jr.’s oldest son says any discussion of his potential interest in becoming a minority owner of the New York Mets is premature…
VIDEO – Atlanta’s Fulton County Deputy N. Dorsey’s 16 year-old daughter has not been seen by family or friends for five days and everyone is deeply concerned…