Black History Month

Michael Steele on why HBCUs are hanging by a thread

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Overall grad rates improve for college athletes

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$75 million black history museum envisioned in SC

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2 Miss. museums to take on its turbulent history

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi breaks ground Thursday on side-by-side museums that are expected to break ground of their own…
/ October 23, 2013

A look at devotionals that start President Obama’s day

(AP) - A look at some of the devotionals, abridged for space, that have started the president's day...
/ October 20, 2013

476,000 applications filed for ‘Obamacare’ health insurance, sources say

WASHINGTON (AP) — Administration officials say about 476,000 health insurance applications have been filed through federal and state exchanges, the…
/ October 20, 2013

Philadelphia schools to get $45M to ease money crisis

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Philadelphia schools learned Wednesday they will get an extra $45 million from the state as the…
/ October 17, 2013

Martin Luther King papers to be auctioned in NYC

NEW YORK (AP) - The papers were being sold by Maude Ballou, 88, who worked as King's secretary from 1955…
/ October 17, 2013

45th anniversary of John Carlos-Tommie Smith ‘black power salute’ at ’68 Olympics

theGRIO REPORT - On this day in 1968, at the Olympics Games in Mexico City, two black U.S. medalists—Tommie Smith…
/ October 16, 2013

The walk to a better school that puts lives at risk

MSNBC - Following the closing of 23 schools in Philadelphia at the end of last school year, many students are…
/ October 15, 2013

Affirmative Action back in Supreme Court crosshairs

theGRIO REPORT - Today, the conservative leaning Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a new affirmative action case out…
/ October 15, 2013

Did Philly school budget cuts cause a girl’s death?

OPINION - The question people are asking is whether the budget cuts to the Philadelphia School District killed 12-year-old Laporshia…
/ October 15, 2013

Supreme Court weighs Michigan ban on affirmative action

WASHINGTON (AP) — After the Supreme Court ruled a decade ago that race could be a factor in college admissions…
/ October 14, 2013

‘American Promise’ doc focuses on the education of black boys

theGRIO REPORT - It wasn't easy - but Idris Brewster and Seun Summers made it through. The two best friends…
/ October 13, 2013

New Henry Louis Gates Jr project documents 500 years of black history

theGRIO REPORT - Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. and his collaborator Dr. Donald Yacovone have exciting findings for African-American history…
/ October 11, 2013