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President Barack Obama paid homage to the NAACP as a pioneering civil rights group, saying that civil rights leaders from…
As the 100th NAACP Conference wrapped up, theGrio took a look at the organization to examine how it is working…
The United States of America is undeniably and unequivocally the most dominant and industrialized nation in the world. It’s no
A warrant was issued for the arrest of former NBA star Antoine Walker on Tuesday on criminal charges stemming from…
For those who see government regulation of financial products as a means to help consumers empower themselves financially, recent changes
Heralding the NAACP for a century of courage and progress, President Barack Obama will come before the oldest U.S. civil…
A Virginia newspaper expressed regret Thursday for supporting a systematic campaign by the state's white political leaders to maintain separate…
The Senate confirmed on Wednesday retired astronaut Maj. Gen. Charles Bolden as administrator of NASA, just in time for the…
A group of black police officers is suing the Philadelphia Police Department over an Internet discussion board on which officers…
Nearly 36 percent of black Americans are obese -- much more than other major racial or ethnic groups -- and…
In Washington this morning, questioning of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has spilled over into a third day - with…
Chief Executive Officer Eric V. Brown and wife Renee Cottrell-Brown, the executive vice president Johnson Products, the company behind such
In a very unusual situation, a South Carolina woman died Wednesday after driving into an ammonia cloud. When her car…
In the early 1900s, vicious attacks against African Americans were almost as common in the North as in the South.
Thousands of people die each year from preventable medical errors, but a Louisiana hospital has found a way to cut…
A Baton Rouge, Louisiana teen that lost his battle with cancer was laid to rest in a grave dug by…
In an age when the Supreme Court may soon see its first Latina justice -- nominated by the nation's first…
Today, two firefighters from New Haven, Connecticut step from the audience to the witness table. They will testify against Sonia…
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is telling the nation's oldest civil rights organization that government, families and neighborhoods must…
Democratic presidential candidate Obama greeting supporters at the 2008 NAACP convention in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong,File) Over the last