Black History Month

'Doc McStuffins' creator explains why show's lead character is black

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Obama administration: Colleges should seek diversity

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NC school system lifts ban on 'Invisible Man'

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SAT scores remain stagnant for most, but better for blacks

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scores on the SAT college entrance exam were largely stagnant for a third year, although African-American students…
/ September 26, 2013

Schools criticized for bans on dreadlocks, Afros

(AP) - There is no central clearinghouse for local school board policies on hairstyles, or surveys indicating whether such rules…
/ September 26, 2013

A challenge to 'Teach for America' on diversity

OPINION - There is no teacher-student race ratio that’s perfect...
/ September 24, 2013

PA school administrators use n-word to describe students, teachers: Sources

NBC Philadelphia - Racially-charged text messages are behind the recent resignations of two Philadelphia-area school administrators, sources say.
/ September 23, 2013

Von Miller tried to manipulate testing

NEW YORK (AP) — Von Miller was caught trying to manipulate the NFL's drug-testing system, which led to a six-game…
/ September 23, 2013

DA: Racist texts on Pa. school officials' phones

(AP) - Two officials at a large southeastern Pennsylvania school district exchanged "shockingly racist" text messages on district phones, a…
/ September 23, 2013

From 'Bondwoman's Narrative' to '12 Years a Slave': Slavery narratives in the midst of revival

OPINION - As the release date for the highly anticipated film, '12 Years a Slave', based on Solomon Northup’s bestselling…
/ September 20, 2013

People march against segregation at Alabama sororities

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Several hundred people marched Wednesday at the University of Alabama to oppose racial segregation among the…
/ September 19, 2013

‘Long Walk to Freedom’: New Mandela film makes impression in South Africa

theGRIO REPORT - This dramatic look at Mandela’s life is perhaps even more poignant now, with Mandela still in critical…
/ September 18, 2013

University of Alabama president: Sorority decisions based on race

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — The University of Alabama is ordering changes in its sorority system amid charges of discrimination in…
/ September 18, 2013

Martin Luther King Jr.’s secretary to auction off historic items

RIDGELAND, Mississippi (AP) — The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s personal secretary is selling a collection from the early civil…
/ September 18, 2013

‘4 Little Girls’ remembered: The price of freedom after 50 years

ESSAY - The anniversary of the brutal murder of four girls at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama…
/ September 15, 2013