Black History Month

Race complaints in La. gov's plan to merge schools

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New opera tells Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's story

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After 67 years, lawmakers apologize to rape victim

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Harvard has more black students than ever, but are they African-American?

OPINION - The irony is that the multicultural inclusiveness that is desired by colleges and universities is the same thing…
/ April 21, 2011

Civil Rights museum opens in Great Barrington, Mass.

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. (AP) - The museum will display rare books and documents connected with civil rights icons like Frederick…
/ April 20, 2011

Park service tries to make Civil War events more black-friendly

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - The National Park Service is pushing to make the events more hospitable to black people...
/ April 19, 2011

Literacy program gets 4th graders excited to read

VIDEO - Nationwide studies show that only 33 percent of 4th graders are proficient or better at reading. 22 percent…
/ April 18, 2011

Restored MLK church re-opening in Atlanta

ATLANTA (AP) - King was born not far from Ebenezer and is buried across the street from the church. He…
/ April 15, 2011

150th anniversary of Civil War: Few blacks on hand

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Cannon fired around Charleston Harbor in South Carolina before dawn, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the…
/ April 12, 2011

Civil War at 150: Are we whitewashing slavery?

OPINION - As pivotal as the Civil War is in our nation's complex history, African-Americans appear less enthusiastic about the…
/ April 12, 2011

Slideshow: Unsung heroes of the Civil War

SLIDESHOW - On the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, theGrio is looking back at some of…
/ April 12, 2011

Malcolm X's daughters unhappy with new book

NEW YORK (AP) - Two of Malcolm X's daughters are unhappy that a new biography alleges their parents' marriage was…
/ April 7, 2011

How come Head Start is always on the chopping block?

OPINION - Head Start, the popular preschool program serving nearly a million lower income children, has come under attack from…
/ March 14, 2011

FBI investigating '65 killing of pro-civil rights minister

MONTGOMERY, Alabama (AP) - The FBI's Cold Case Initiative is investigating the 46-year-old case of a Massachusetts minister who was…
/ March 11, 2011

Slideshow: It happened this week in black history 3/6-3/12

SLIDESHOW - Mike Tyson became undisputed heavyweight champion, 'We Are the World' came out and Biggie Smalls died; this is…
/ March 11, 2011