Black History Month

WASHINGTON (AP) - Some were locals who've watched for years as the memorial to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.…
/ August 22, 2011
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Officials announced Monday that schools chief Arlene Ackerman would be bought out of her contract for about…
/ August 22, 2011
OPINION - The King memorial will not only pay homage to our nation's greatest civil rights leader, but it will…
/ August 22, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The site was set to open without fanfare around 11 a.m. to kick off a week of…
/ August 22, 2011
Once on campus at this historically black college, where more than 70% of the students are African-American, Ms. Daugherty, 29,…
/ August 18, 2011
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) - Dunn Lampton, a former U.S. attorney in Mississippi who prosecuted a high-profile cold case from the…
/ August 18, 2011
OPINION - In North America, music has been one of the sanctuaries that has allowed for the deepest expression of…
/ August 18, 2011
From TheGRIO -- Just 3 percent of Detroit's fourth graders and 4 percent of eighth graders meet national math standards.…
/ August 15, 2011
OPINION - A YourBlackWorld.com study reports that 42 percent of all African-Americans at predominantly white college campuses never had a…
/ August 14, 2011
OWENSBORO, Kentucky (AP) - As the 75th anniversary of the execution approaches, it is something some in Owensboro would like…
/ August 12, 2011
theGRIO VIDEO - There are only a few weeks left until the lazy hot days of summer turn into the…
/ August 12, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Programs like the World of Money are helping to fill that void and are providing young people…
/ August 11, 2011