Black History Month

Former LA Black Panther leader dies at 63

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How we can tweet for education

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New law could benefit underprivilaged students

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25 songs that moved black America

SLIDESHOW - In honor of Black Music History Month, here are 25 songs that speak to music's ability to evoke…
/ June 1, 2011

Gil Scott-Heron was more than the 'Godfather of Rap'

OPINION - The irony is that Heron took great pains to distance himself from many of the rap artists that…
/ May 29, 2011

Author: Blacks held first Memorial Day in 1865

"That ceremony on May 1, 1865 was actually the first recorded Decoration Day or Memorial Day," said David Blight, author…
/ May 27, 2011

Why we still have a lot to learn from the Freedom Riders

OPINION - What must it have been like to board segregated buses 50 years ago, when indignities and insults were…
/ May 26, 2011

Where are this generation's Freedom Riders?

OPINION - If young people were willing to risk their lives 50 years ago for the cause of equal rights,…
/ May 25, 2011

Whites believe they are victims of racism more often than blacks

The findings, say the authors, show that America has not achieved the "post-racial" society that some predicted in the wake…
/ May 24, 2011

Freedom Riders get place in history 50 years later

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Rep. John Lewis said he teared up Friday when he walked through the old Greyhound station…
/ May 20, 2011

Freedom Riders museum opens in Montgomery, Ala.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Freedom Riders were trying to integrate Southern bus stations when they arrived in Montgomery on…
/ May 20, 2011

Parents face few options in fight for better education (VIDEO)

theGRIO VIDEO - Wayne McKenzie, father of three boys, sent his children to private school because he wasn't satisfied with…
/ May 19, 2011

Happy birthday Malcolm X! Top 10 quotes from an icon

theGRIO REPORT - There are few figures in the black freedom struggle as dynamic and complex as Malcolm X...
/ May 19, 2011

African-American families take a chance on charter schools

OPINION - It seems unlikely that the 5,000 public charter schools with 1.7 million students are about to become the…
/ May 19, 2011

Why black men can't be absent from their child's education

OPINION - It's time for us to get off of our collective butts and sit with our children and start…
/ May 18, 2011