Black History Month

National Civil Rights Museum to open balcony where MLK was shot to public

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Katy Perry wears her ballot at Obama rally

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Mitt Romney discusses African-American economic empowerment with Black Enterprise

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Is Morehouse College the latest HBCU to be in financial peril?

theGRIO REPORT - Just a couple months after Morris Brown College in Atlanta filed for bankruptcy, Morehouse College is reportedly…
/ October 22, 2012

Gallaudet University wants diversity officer who signed anti-gay marriage petition back on job

theGRIO REPORT - Gallaudet University has announced that it would like its chief diversity officer to return to her post,…
/ October 17, 2012

Historic Treme in New Orleans celebrates 200 years

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A colorful and musical New Orleans neighborhood is marking the 200th anniversary of its origins as…
/ October 15, 2012

DePaul professor teaches Haitian children 3 languages in 1 year

theGRIO REPORT - Students at L'Ecole de Choix (School of Choice) in Haiti are receiving the best education of their…
/ October 15, 2012

Florida Board of Education approves race-based academic goals

theGRIO REPORT - The Florida Board of Education has been met with opposition for approving a strategic plan this week…
/ October 12, 2012

Chicago schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard replaced after 17 months

CHICAGO (AP) - Just three weeks after the resolution of Chicago's first teachers' strike in a quarter-century, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's…
/ October 12, 2012

Statue of Fannie Lou Hamer unveiled in Mississippi

theGRIO REPORT - Hamer, who would have been 95 on Oct. 6, is remembered the world over as a woman…
/ October 11, 2012

'Copper' on BBC America: Actor Ato Essandoh shares experience playing a black doctor on hit Civil War drama

The Ghanaian-American thespian shared with us what it was like to portray a part of black history that is rarely…
/ October 6, 2012

African-Americans vs. black immigrants: Do institutions of higher learning give preference to foreign blacks?

According to studies, black immigrants and the American children of black immigrants are enrolling at colleges and university, at an…
/ October 5, 2012

Chicago teachers union rank and file approve new contract

CHICAGO - The rank and file of the Chicago Teachers Union have overwhelmingly ratified the new contract put before them…
/ October 4, 2012

Study: Race-neutral college admissions can work

(AP) - As the Supreme Court revisits the use of race in college admissions next week, critics of affirmative action…
/ October 3, 2012

Research says St. Louis residents affected by secret military experiments

theGRIO REPORT - Claims have surfaced that during the 1950s and the 1960s the United States military conducted secret experiments…
/ October 2, 2012