Black History Month

40 years later, Ali and Frazier still a classic

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UDC students demand president's resignation

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Pro-paddle: Students, families fight to keep corporal punishment

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How hazing hurts reputation of black Greek life

OPINION - We tried understanding. We did the suspension thing, the revoking the chapter charter thing. Now it's time to…
/ March 8, 2011

Slideshow: Black American women who broke the mold

SLIDESHOW - In honor of International Women's Day theGrio has compiled this illustrious list of celebrated female African-American trailblazers...
/ March 8, 2011

Should African-Americans fall out of love with Lincoln?

OPINION - The new book "Colonization After Emancipation' portrays the former president's sincerity about racial equality in a new an…
/ March 7, 2011

Marchers mark 'Bloody Sunday' in Selma

SELMA, Alabama (AP) - Thousands of marchers marked the 46th anniversary of the "Bloody Sunday" voting rights confrontation in Selma...
/ March 7, 2011

New book sheds new light on Lincoln's racial views

McLEAN, Va. (AP) - A new book by a researcher at George Mason University makes the case that Lincoln was…
/ March 4, 2011

Rare anti-slavery booklet acquired by U.Va.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The University of Virginia has acquired a rare first edition of an 1829 anti-slavery manifesto that…
/ March 3, 2011

Is UNCF's fight for HBCUs a 'waste' of mindpower?

OPINION - 'A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste' was and is a brilliant slogan for HBCUs who've historically…
/ March 3, 2011

Why Rodney King's case still resonates

OPINION - Rodney King brought the issues of police brutality and racial profiling to the forefront of the American political…
/ March 3, 2011

Rodney King beating 20 years later: Can't we all just get along?

theGRIO REPORT - For all of the attention that the King incident brought in terms of the need for reforms,…
/ March 3, 2011

TheGrio's 100: Monica Haslip, educating the next generation of emerging artists

TheGrio's 100 - Monica Haslip departed from her corporate marketing job to teach inner-city Chicagoans the trades of art and…
/ March 3, 2011

African and American relatives to reunite

MSNBC - Atlanta genealogical researcher William Holland is going to do something that according to him, has never been done…
/ March 2, 2011

Teachers of color remain a minority in US classrooms

TELEMUNDO - Arne Duncan believes that these figures could be key in figuring out the reasons behind the high drop-out…
/ March 2, 2011