Black History Month

Floyd Mayweather says he would like to buy Clippers

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Do corporate leaders buy or earn diversity awards?

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Teacher accused of giving student lap dance

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Former players, civil rights leaders condemn Donald Sterling's alleged comments

VIDEO - NBA Commissioner Adam Silver will address the media on Tuesday regarding the investigation into alleged racist remarks made…
/ April 28, 2014

A day in the life of a divided school

MSNBC --The dramatic rise of charter schools in urban communities over the past decade has been fraught with debate, controversy…
/ April 26, 2014

University of South Florida bans 'selfies' at graduation

Selfies are so popular in social media that the very word has officially become part of the English language. But
/ April 25, 2014

Hank Aaron collection with original hate mail on display at Emory University

theGRIO REPORT - A rare assortment of Hank Aaron materials, including racist hate mail he received at the height of…
/ April 23, 2014

Brooke Kimbrough, rejected University of Michigan applicant, is face of affirmative action fight

theGRIO REPORT - Her name is Brooke Kimbrough, 17-year-old University Preparatory Academy senior, who applied to the university with accomplishments…
/ April 22, 2014

DC triplets can take their pick of Ivy League schools

theGRIO REPORT - Sibling rivalry usually comes with bickering and taunts - but in one family household, it has turned…
/ April 22, 2014

Supreme Court upholds Michigan affirmative action ban

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has upheld Michigan's ban on using race as a factor in college admissions...
/ April 22, 2014

University of Alabama finally approves racial integration of sororities and fraternities

theGRIO REPORT - After some highly publicized foot-dragging, the University of Alabama finally voted to authorize the integration of their…
/ April 22, 2014

Brown v. Board of Education 60 years later: Are U.S. schools becoming more segregated again?

OPINION - Not much has changed since Brown, and in many ways it’s almost as if it never happened. The…
/ April 21, 2014

'Hurricane' Carter went to the mat for the wrongfully accused

OPINION - In many ways, he helped open the eyes of many to the injustices of a system that far…
/ April 21, 2014

Catholic high school students expelled for Confederate flag, blackface

theGRIO REPORT - Four New York Catholic high school students have been expelled for incidents involving a Confederate flag and…
/ April 18, 2014

Beyoncé 'Partition' parody about student loans

theGRIO REPORT - A parody of Beyonce's hit song 'Partition' about student loans has been blowing up social media.
/ April 18, 2014