Black History Month

WASHINGTON (AP) - Confederate officers thought nothing of leaving important documents where Scobell could see them, or discussing troop movements…
/ June 20, 2011
VIDEO - The Catherine Ferguson Academy for pregnant teens was to be closed by the Detroit School District due to…
/ June 17, 2011
EASTON, Md. (AP) - Abolitionist Frederick Douglass is finally getting a homecoming celebration in his native Maryland county with a…
/ June 16, 2011
OPINION - According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, American students are less proficient in their nation's history than…
/ June 16, 2011
PHOENIX (AP) - Supporters of the program have criticized challenges as an attack against Arizona's Hispanic population...
/ June 16, 2011
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma civil rights icon Clara Luper, who led sit-ins at drug store lunch counters in Oklahoma,…
/ June 9, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Minority enrollment in colleges are dropping due to costs. A new initiative aims at providing black college…
/ June 9, 2011
VIDEO - Catherine Ferguson Academy is unlike any other school in the country. It has been educating teen mothers since…
/ June 8, 2011
VIDEO - Instead of being in his sophomore year in high school, 15-year-old Stephen Stafford is a sophomore at Morehouse…
/ June 8, 2011
VIDEO - Philadelphia students redefined themselves - no longer accepting the term dropout by referring to themselves as push-outs...
/ June 8, 2011
SLIDESHOW - In honor of Black Music History Month, theGrio has compiled this list of the most incredible African-American guitars…
/ June 7, 2011
OPINION - The latest frontline of the public school vs. charter school battlefield is happening in the most famous African-American…
/ June 7, 2011