Black History Month

Racial flaps still dog Alabama despite progress

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Slideshow: It happened this week in black history 2/13-2/19

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Education secretary to theGrio: ‘I want our educators to look like our students’

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Sen. Harry Reid: Let’s not go backwards this Black History Month

OPINION - The economic recovery is still taking root, and African-Americans still face unemployment at a rate far above the…
/ February 17, 2011

Biden on black history: ‘A lot more to do, but damn, we’ve come a long way’

theGRIO REPORT - Vice President Biden welcomed over 120 elected African-American officials and their guests to their official residence in…
/ February 16, 2011

Obama bringing Motown to the White House

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will mark Black History Month at the White House…
/ February 16, 2011

Former Negro Leagues pitcher Cecil Kaiser dies

DETROIT (AP) - Cecil Kaiser, a diminutive left-hander who made $700 a month at the height of his Negro Leagues…
/ February 14, 2011

Nat ‘King’ Cole’s TV show gets digital release

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Cole's widow, Maria, saved kinescopes -- copies made by filming a TV monitor -- of the…
/ February 14, 2011

Slaves hid African charms on Colonial greenhouse

BALTIMORE (AP) - The greenhouse on the slave plantation where Frederick Douglass spent part of his childhood is filled with…
/ February 14, 2011

‘Resegregation’ in NC schools sparks protests

theGRIO VIDEO - The school district in Wake is a shining star for urban schools across the country that have…
/ February 14, 2011

TheGrio’s 100: Kasim Reed, Atlanta mayor keeping his city in the black

TheGrio's 100 - Reed has more than sextupled Atlanta's reserves to $58 million, largely through pension reform, all while maintaining…
/ February 11, 2011

Slideshow: It happened this week in black history 2/6-2/12

SLIDESHOW - Buster Douglas knocked out Mike Tyson, the NAACP was founded and Nelson Mandela was set free; this is…
/ February 11, 2011

TheGrio’s 100: Tamron Hall, anchor pressing newsmakers on national issues (VIDEO)

TheGrio's 100 - This Texas native has a cable television home on MSNBC's 'NewsNation', where she has established herself as…
/ February 10, 2011

Family squabbles sully legacy of civil rights icons

OPINION - The Kings and Shabazzes are not above petty fights, but the respective memories and enduring legacies of their…
/ February 10, 2011

TheGrio’s 100: Michael Blake, keeping White House open for all

TheGrio's 100 - Obama calls the newly repurposed Office of Public Engagement the "front door" of his White House and…
/ February 10, 2011