Black History Month

Author: Blacks held first Memorial Day in 1865

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

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Where are this generation's Freedom Riders?

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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

Pa. lawsuit: Whites told they can't teach blacks

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Four white Philadelphia teachers charge in federal race-bias lawsuits that a black principal suggested they were unfit…
/ May 17, 2011

Denzel Washington receives honorary Penn degree

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Denzel Washington confessed to a bit of stage fright in his latest role: Commencement speaker at the…
/ May 16, 2011

Class acts: This year's black commencement speakers

SLIDESHOW - These black luminaries, taking the stage first, are leaders of stage and film, law professors, even our nation's…
/ May 16, 2011

'Grey's Anatomy' star can't simplify race as black and white

OPINION - I know that Ellen Pompeo meant well with her comments, but I feel they come from a place…
/ May 16, 2011

Slideshow: Successful sistas from Spelman's past

SLIDESHOW - The class of 2011 will go on to make positive changes in the world, similar to their Spelman…
/ May 14, 2011