Black History Month

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

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First lady tapped as iVillage website guest editor

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

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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

Chicago Public Schools partners with Groupon for low income kids in Chicago

CHICAGO - Groupon has announced it's now taking donations on CPS' behalf to provide school supplies to low-income students...
/ July 30, 2012

Obama creating African-American education office

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is creating a new office to bolster education of African-American students...
/ July 26, 2012

Medal of Honor winner Thomas Hudner Jr appears at Wisconsin aircraft convention

OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) - The Navy's first African-American aviator to fly in combat was calm when he crashed his plane…
/ July 26, 2012

Thelma McWilliams Glass, Alabama bus boycott organizer, professor dies at 96

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Thelma McWilliams Glass, a longtime professor and civil rights pioneer who helped organize the Montgomery bus…
/ July 26, 2012

'Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln' author Stephen Carter on fictional Abe, real Obama

theGRIO Q&A - Would African-American history -- and indeed American history -- have been different if Abraham Lincoln had lived?...
/ July 26, 2012