Black History Month

The 'Claiming Citizenship: African-Americans and New Deal Photography' exhibit captures moments of African-Americans learning to read, being taught new job…
/ January 13, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - They say behind every great man stands a great woman. Coretta Scott King, civil rights activist and…
/ January 13, 2012
MEMPHIS, Tennessee (AP) - In the more than four decades since the Rev. Martin Luther King was assassinated on the…
/ January 12, 2012
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Long before he became the world's most recognizable athlete, a young Muhammad Ali honed his skills…
/ January 10, 2012
NORCROSS, Georgia (AP) = Suburban Atlanta school officials are deciding whether to discipline teachers who gave third-grade students math homework…
/ January 10, 2012
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - For some museums, that means more displays on African-Americans or exhibits on the roles women played…
/ January 9, 2012
In 1980, Stevie Wonder joined with the members of the Black Caucus in the US congress to speak out for…
/ January 9, 2012
theGRIO REPORT- Merely a decade ago, the No Child Left Behind Act inspired the country to provide the best education…
/ January 8, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Parents in one Georgia school are demanding an apology after a third grade math class used images…
/ January 8, 2012
'Slavery By Another Name,' a new PBS documentary, explores and upends what producers say is a widely accepted notion: that…
/ January 6, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Scientists probing the heredity information of African-Americans say that their early ancestors experienced natural selection as they…
/ January 5, 2012
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Against all odds, the party of Nelson Mandela has transformed a nation where just 20 years ago…
/ January 5, 2012