Black History Month

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

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Cory Booker brings education ideas to NJ Senate race

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Black history in focus with 2 new exhibits in DC

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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

Supreme Court issues narrow ruling, does not outlaw affirmative action

theGRIO REPORT - The U.S. Supreme Court did not outlaw affirmative action in a widely-anticipated opinion today, instead issuing a…
/ June 24, 2013

Supreme Court sends affirmative action case back to lower court

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has sent a Texas case on race-based college admissions back to a lower court…
/ June 24, 2013

Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 Detroit march remembered 50 years later

DETROIT (AP) — Thousands participated in a Detroit march commemorating the 50th anniversary of one that Martin Luther King Jr.…
/ June 24, 2013

Texas auction house to sell John Brown leg irons

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - The leg irons that restrained abolitionist John Brown after his failed 1859 raid on a federal…
/ June 20, 2013

Frederick Douglass statue unveiled in Washington DC

WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden is hailing Frederick Douglass for his work to bring about equal justice, leading…
/ June 19, 2013

Ethel ‘Ellie’ Hylton graduates with highest GPA in her Harvard College class

theGRIO REPORT - As the niece of news anchor Soledad O'Brien, Hylton's personal achievement in graduating from Harvard College with…
/ June 17, 2013

‘Sesame Street’ creates first Muppet to have a parent in jail

NBC News - Those friendly, fuzzy Muppets from 'Sesame Street' have helped kids open up about all sorts of serious…
/ June 17, 2013

Mariah Carey 'slave' scene from 'The Butler' stirs 'house vs. field' debate

ANALYSIS - A photo from the movie of Carey as the character Hattie Pearl, whom many presume is a field…
/ June 13, 2013

George Wallace's 'stand in the schoolhouse door,' 50 years later

VIDEO - Fifty years ago, on June 11, 1963, Gov. George Wallace stood in the doorway of the Foster Auditorium,…
/ June 12, 2013

Howard University trustee sends letter warning school is in 'genuine trouble'

theGRIO REPORT - In a letter sent to fellow Howard University board of trustee members, vice chairwoman Renee Higginbotham-Brooks warned…
/ June 11, 2013