Black History Month

OPINION - I know that Ellen Pompeo meant well with her comments, but I feel they come from a place…
/ May 16, 2011
SLIDESHOW - The class of 2011 will go on to make positive changes in the world, similar to their Spelman…
/ May 14, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Recy Taylor is touring the nation's capital nearly seven decades after she was denied justice following a…
/ May 12, 2011
NORWALK, Conn. (AP) - She is charged with felony larceny for allegedly using her baby sitter's address to enroll her…
/ May 11, 2011
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - McDowell and Williams-Bolar are low-income black single mothers, a fact that disturbs civil rights activists who…
/ May 10, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - While a handful of detractors call these ceremonies discriminatory, a large number of students and professors laud…
/ May 10, 2011
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Charles Reed Jr. is skipping his college graduation ceremony to do something much more significant to…
/ May 9, 2011
VIDEO - Sometimes giving back to the community can take up as little as one hour a month. For the…
/ May 5, 2011
After weeks of debate, 15-year-old Saheela Ibraheem settled on attending Harvard after being accepted to 13 colleges -- including six…
/ May 5, 2011
SLIDESHOW - This week marks the start of the 50th anniversary of the civil rights Freedom Riders, who traveled by…
/ May 4, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - This month, students will retrace the Freedom Rides. Also, PBS will premiere a new documentary on the…
/ May 4, 2011
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A public school district in Mississippi and the federal government are divided over whether the schools…
/ May 3, 2011