Black History Month

Pittsburgh exhibit features Negro League pictures

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Black preschoolers more likely to face suspension

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President Obama presents Medal of Honors to snubbed minority soldiers

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Jason Collins signs for rest of season with Nets

NEW YORK (AP) — Jason Collins has been signed for the rest of the NBA season by the Brooklyn Nets...
/ March 15, 2014

Harvard minorities inspire students of color around the world

theGRIO REPORT - The student group I, Too, Am Harvard at Harvard University, which celebrates diversity at one of the…
/ March 14, 2014

Educator Dr. Steve Perry keeps it real at the Disney Dreamers Academy

theGRIO REPORT - Dr. Steve Perry is a rebel with a cause. He is an innovative educator who has dedicated…
/ March 14, 2014

Hip-hop pioneers hoping to create NYC museum

NEW YORK (AP) — The pioneers of hip-hop are hoping to create a museum in New York City dedicated to…
/ March 13, 2014

School Spirit or Gang Signs? 'Zero Tolerance' Comes Under Fire

NBC News - Fifteen-year-old Dontadrian Bruce was suspended from his school for unknowingly holding up a gang sign in a…
/ March 9, 2014

Nick Cannon, NFL stars Warren Moon and Jarvis Green victimized in NBA Scam

NBC News - Prosecutors charged a Los Angeles man with nearly a dozen felonies in connection with an alleged scheme…
/ March 8, 2014

NYC exhibit showcases basketball's Black Fives Era

NEW YORK (AP) — Just a few years after the invention of 'Basket Ball,' black players in segregated America formed…
/ March 7, 2014

Politini: Racist tweets, elusive justice in Florida and congressman goes H.A.M.

theGRIO VIDEO - We are not immune to the foolishness that is Republican political obstruction. In fact it's become the…
/ March 7, 2014

New SAT changes aim to level the playing field

VIDEO - They are the three letters that strike fear and anxiety in high school students and their parents: S-A-T...
/ March 6, 2014

African-American aviation pioneer to be honored by US postal service

theGRIO REPORT - The definitive stamp, which immortalizes aviation trailblazer Charles Alfred Anderson, Sr., goes on sale nationwide from March…
/ March 6, 2014

Alma J. Powell honored by Lincoln Center Education

theGRIO REPORT - Alma J. Powell was honored Tuesday by the Lincoln Center Education (LCE) at their annual gala for…
/ March 5, 2014

NY Times prints Solomon Northup correction 161 years later

NEW YORK (AP) - In a Jan. 20, 1853, article, the Times misspelled Solomon Northup's surname as Northrop and as…
/ March 5, 2014