Black History Month

Man who armed Black Panthers was FBI informant, records show

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Oldest living Tuskegee Airman is finally honored

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Fashionable lives of real basketball wives Vanessa Bryant, Kimberly Chandler profiled showing glamour has a price

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Why there would be no 'Sparkle' without The Supremes

OPINION - For black audiences especially, The Supremes have a story that continues to resonate, even if it is far…
/ August 17, 2012

7th grader banned from pee wee football for being too big

theGRIO REPORT - Elijah Earnheart, 12, was recently banned from playing pee wee football because of his size...
/ August 16, 2012

Report: Black and Latino students disproportionately arrested in NYC public schools

NEW YORK - Ninety-five percent of arrests made in New York City public schools in the last school year were…
/ August 15, 2012

First lady tapped as iVillage website guest editor

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Michelle Obama is turning online editor for a week...
/ August 13, 2012

Gabby Douglas and her mom talk Olympics, inspiring other young black girls, in Essence

Gabby Douglas’s historic run at the 2012 Olympics in London may be over, but interest in the world-class gymnast is…
/ August 10, 2012

Tapes from LBJ White House reveal Johnson's progress on civil rights

Over 800 hours of recently released of recordings from the Lyndon Johnson White House reveal how President John F. Kennedy's…
/ August 10, 2012

Families sue St. Paul teacher for calling students 'fat, black and stupid'

theGRIO REPORT - The St. Paul Public School District and Timothy Olmsted, 6th grade teacher at the Heights Community School…
/ August 8, 2012

Today in history: President Lyndon Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act

On August 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law.
/ August 6, 2012

Olympic swimmers help erase the historic 'swimming color line'

OPINION - As Lia Neal, Cullen Jones, and Anthony Irvin are not simply battling the best in the world, they…
/ August 5, 2012

Late Sen. Robert Byrd sought FBI files of civil rights leaders

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd obtained secret FBI documents about the civil rights movement that were…
/ August 5, 2012

Drake plans to graduate high school this summer

theGRIO REPORT - Rapper Drake is adamant about obtaining his high school diploma and is just one credit from completing…
/ August 3, 2012

Obama administration hopes to help black students from 'cradle to career'

theGRIO REPORT - The Obama administration has launched the first steps of an ambitious plan to dramatically improve academic achievement…
/ July 31, 2012