Black History Month

TheGrio's 100: Doyle Beneby, President & CEO of CPS Energy

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TheGrio's 100: Ayanna Pressley, first black woman elected to Boston City Council overcomes life full of obstacles

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TheGrio's 100: Cheryl Pearson-McNeil, executive at The Nielsen Company

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Bill Cosby on education reform: More funding is not the answer

Legendary comedian Bill Cosby weighed in on education following President Obama's State of the Union speech...
/ January 26, 2012

'The Great Debaters' rematch: Wiley, USC recreate 1935 debate

DALLAS (AP) - Teams from Wiley College and the University of Southern California will have a rematch Friday of the…
/ January 26, 2012

Can Obama really stop kids from dropping out of high school?

theGRIO REPORT - In his State of the Union address on Tuesday, Obama called for requiring anyone who has not…
/ January 26, 2012

New exhibit explores Thomas Jefferson's slave ownership

WASHINGTON (AP) - As the Smithsonian continues developing a national black history museum, it's offering a look at Thomas Jefferson's…
/ January 25, 2012

Duke students call for better climate for blacks

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - A group of about two dozen Duke University students urged administrators Tuesday to create a better…
/ January 25, 2012

African-American slave cemeteries plowed over for spillway to be restored near New Orleans

theGRIO REPORT - Two cemeteries that had been dedicated to the burial of African-American slaves and their descendants were plowed…
/ January 25, 2012

Number of blacks applying to medicals school rises by 4.8 percent

Several of the Bay Area's most prominent physicians and medical school representatives will provide students with an innovative and exciting…
/ January 24, 2012

Today in black history: Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall dies

VIDEO - Thurgood Marshall was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, and its first African-American justice...
/ January 24, 2012

New rare photos of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at home

Time magazine online is featuring rare photos of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at home...
/ January 23, 2012

Slideshow: The Tuskegee Airmen's legacy still soars

SLIDESHOW - America's first black military fighter pilots, the Tuskegee Airmen used their intelligence, skill, and courage to ignore discrimination…
/ January 22, 2012

Jalen Rose, ex-NBA star, creates high-performing Detroit school

theGRIO REPORT - Former NBA Star and ESPN Analyst Jalen Rose has established a school in Detroit to help combat…
/ January 22, 2012

Lt. Col. Luke Weathers Jr: Tuskegee airman buried at Arlington

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - On the same day that retired Air Force Lt. Col. Luke Weathers Jr. took his resting…
/ January 20, 2012