Black History Month

Identical twins Kirstie and Kristie Bronner named Spelman co-valedictorians

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Changes to student loan program threatens future of black students, HBCUs

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High school students suspended over twerking video

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Morehouse College athletes charged with raping Spelman student

theGRIO REPORT - The alleged victim claims she was held against her will inside a room on campus at the…
/ May 2, 2013

Why the Assata Shakur case still strikes a chord

OPINION - Assata’s status, the government’s case against, her and the moment out which all of this emerged, are signal…
/ May 2, 2013

Never-before-heard audio from Martin Luther King, Jr. to play at Schomburg Center event

theGRIO REPORT - The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Birmingham Freedom…
/ May 1, 2013

Detroit wall that once divided races remains, serves at history lesson

DETROIT (AP) - The 6 feet tall and a foot thick wall was built two decades earlier with a simple…
/ May 1, 2013

Angela Davis lawyer Leo Branton Jr. dies at 91

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Leo Branton Jr., a lawyer who helped successfully defend radical Angela Davis in a sensational 1972…
/ April 26, 2013

$10M gift for slave quarters at Thomas Jefferson estate

WASHINGTON (AP) - One-time slave quarters will be recreated at former U.S. President Thomas Jefferson's home...
/ April 22, 2013

Desperate need for Internet in our urban schools

OPINION - Erasing the barriers to digitally enhanced learning for students in disadvantaged situations requires a multifaceted approach...
/ April 17, 2013

'Letter from Birmingham Jail' at 50: MLK's religious fervor remembered

theGRIO REPORT - King’s letter reflected the religious challenges of his time, addressing the crisis of Christian faith for southern…
/ April 16, 2013

Jackie Robinson changed baseball with his play, too

OPINION - Most talk about Robinson for his non-baseball accomplishments – affecting change in baseball, but also in society as…
/ April 12, 2013

Survivor of ’63 Alabama church bombing seeks funds

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The lone survivor of a notorious 1963 Alabama church bombing that killed four black girls is…
/ April 10, 2013

Bill Russell was Jackie Robinson’s ‘favorite athlete’, according to late legend’s widow

VIDEO - Former NBA player Bill Russell appeared on a recent taping on 'Melissa Harris-Perry' to talk about Jackie Robinson…
/ April 10, 2013

Amid Boston school changes, giving voice to busing’s past

BOSTON (AP) - The uproar started in 1974, when a federal judge imposed busing after a lawsuit claimed black students…
/ April 8, 2013