Black History Month

New Morehouse college president has White House ties

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22 black war veteran graves to be restored

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Antron Brown becomes 1st black NHRA autoracing champion

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Massachusetts legislative candidate denies Rosa Parks 'gimmick' comment

theGRIO REPORT - During a debate response, Independent Mike Connelly implied Rosa Park's 1955 refusal to give up her bus…
/ November 2, 2012

Spelman College ends sports program in exchange for overall student wellness

theGRIO REPORT - Spelman College has made the difficult choice to abandon its athletic program in exchange for improved fitness…
/ November 2, 2012

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

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis plans to open the balcony where Martin Luther King…
/ November 2, 2012

Katy Perry wears her ballot at Obama rally

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Katy Perry's doing her best get-out-the vote effort: At a rally for President Barack Obama, she…
/ October 25, 2012

Mitt Romney discusses African-American economic empowerment with Black Enterprise

theGRIO REPORT - Mitt Romney, GOP presidential contender, spoke to Black Enterprise recently in a rare interview to targeted African-American…
/ October 24, 2012

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