Black History Month

Are black students lacking basic skills?

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Black students still losing academic ground despite reforms

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Navy ship named for civil rights leader Medgar Evers

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Kansas City Royals donate $10K to Negro Leagues museum

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Kansas City Royals have donated $10,000 to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in support…
/ November 10, 2011

International Year for People of African Descent goes unnoticed

OPINION - The majority of the African descendant populations in Latin America, the United States, Africa and the Caribbean have…
/ November 10, 2011

FBI says end near in civil rights-era prosecutions

(AP) - The Department of Justice, under its 5-year-old "Cold Case Initiative" and the 2007 Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights…
/ November 5, 2011

Paterson's Great Falls: A national park with black appeal

theGRIO REPORT - From the Grand Canyon in Arizona to Shenandoah in Virginia, there are 58 National Parks in the…
/ November 3, 2011

5 things you didn't know about the first black NBA player

NEWS ONE - Lloyd is remembered for being a trail-blazer for African-Americans in the NBA. What other contributions did he…
/ November 2, 2011

Obama to designate Fort Monroe a National Monument

TheGRIO REPORT - An Army fort with a history steeped in slavery and the Civil War will be designated a…
/ November 1, 2011

Thousands of Detroit students without books for months

theGRIO REPORT - The 2011-2012 Detroit Public School year started on Sept. 6, with thousands of homes and streets all…
/ October 28, 2011

House votes to honor first black Marines

WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's first black Marines received a rare national tribute Tuesday as the House voted to award…
/ October 25, 2011

Mourners praise civil rights activist Shuttlesworth

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Rep. John Lewis called the preacher 'one of the founding fathers of the New America,' who…
/ October 24, 2011

Marine Corps to teach story of first black Marines

OCEANSIDE, Calif. (AP) - Commandant Gen. James Amos is lobbying to get the Montford Point Marines the Congressional Gold Medal,…
/ October 24, 2011

Holder, pastors praise Ala. civil rights icon Shuttlesworth

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - The Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, often eclipsed by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in life, was…
/ October 23, 2011

Memorial to King honors an entire movement

OPINION - At the helm of the civil rights movement, King called into question what citizenship meant if it was…
/ October 16, 2011