Black History Month

NYC principal allegedly referred to black teacher as 'gorilla'

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Dwyane Wade's ex-wife sues over endorsement deals

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1963 Loyola NCAA championship team will meet Obama

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Protesters rally over discarded black history materials

theGRIO REPORT - A protest ensued Monday after discarded black history materials were found outside of a Detroit-area high school…
/ July 10, 2013

Frederick Douglass helps us put July 4 in perspective

OPINION - Although it’s important to celebrate our nation’s birthday, it’s equally important to put it into proper context from…
/ July 4, 2013

WNBA star Sharnee Zoll-Norman officially comes out

theGRIO REPORT - WNBA player Sharnee Zoll-Norman has mentioned her wife in previous interviews - but the Chicago Sky guard…
/ July 3, 2013

Resurfaced literacy tests are a reminder of pre-Voting Rights Act era

theGRIO REPORT - In the wake of the devastating Supreme Court decision, several websites have posted examples of these tests…
/ July 3, 2013

Morris Brown College proposes multimillion dollar deal to keep the HBCU afloat

theGRIO REPORT - The fight to keep Morris Brown College afloat continues with reports that the HBCU is proposing a…
/ July 3, 2013

Community clinics reinvent health care in New Orleans

MSNBC - Like generations of New Orleans residents, 53-year-old Ruben Williams had known only one kind of health care before…
/ July 2, 2013

Lupe Fiasco to Chicago high school grads: 'You have graduated from one of the most terrible, substandard school systems in the entire world'

theGRIO REPORT - Outspoken rapper Lupe Fiasco had some harsh real talk for a group of Chicago high school grads…
/ July 2, 2013

'American Idol' winner Ruben Studdard to compete on 'Biggest Loser'

TODAY - Ruben Studdard is getting back into the reality TV game! The season two champ of “American Idol” is…
/ July 1, 2013

Cory Booker brings education ideas to NJ Senate race

LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. (AP) - Cory Booker had just 53 days to convince New Jersey Democrats to nominate him to be…
/ June 29, 2013

Black history in focus with 2 new exhibits in DC

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 150 years of African-American history from slavery to civil rights and contemporary suburban life are…
/ June 29, 2013

Gettysburg residents seek black history museum

GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gettysburg's small African-American community proudly tells stories of ancestors who fought in the Civil War, of…
/ June 26, 2013

Why the Supreme Court ruling is bad news for affirmative action supporters

ANALYSIS - The Supreme Court's ruling Monday, while not the death blow to affirmative action that many of its supporters…
/ June 24, 2013