Black History Month

Only in America: Breaking the law to get kids in a better school

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Beautyshop Buzz: Can Obama’s State of the Union continue civil tone?

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Atlanta: Anatomy of a dysfunctional school board

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‘No baby’: 90 teen moms in one school has Memphis making amends

theGRIO REPORT - Mayor AC Wharton, Jr. says the 90 students pregnant at Frayser High School is "everybody's issue."...
/ January 18, 2011

NYC Underground Railroad stop in construction dispute

VIDEO - The drama that you learned in history class -- Harriet Tubman and other slaves risking their lives for…
/ January 18, 2011

TheGrio’s 2011 African-American Leadership Survey

SURVEY - TheGrio assembled a group of 25 contemporary academics, artists and activists to assess the most influential black leaders…
/ January 17, 2011

Martin Luther King Blvd is often a dividing line

theGRIO VIDEO - There are over 900 Martin Luther King Boulevards across the country. In Baltimore this street has been…
/ January 17, 2011

Does Dr. King’s alleged adultery damage his legacy?

OPINION - It is our fault, not his, that Dr. King has been placed on a pedestal so high that…
/ January 16, 2011

Why MLK must be more than myth to us

OPINION - To my parents, Martin Luther King was not some faraway figure on the page of a newspaper or…
/ January 14, 2011

Slideshow: It happened this week in black history 1/8-1/15

SLIDESHOW - Michael Jordan retired for the second time, 'Sanford and Son' debuted and R&B legend Donny Hathaway died; this…
/ January 14, 2011

NAACP chapter blasts a call for classes on MLK day

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The city's NAACP chapter called Wednesday on area clergy to urge church members to keep their…
/ January 13, 2011

DNA used to reveal MLK and Garvey’s European lineage

theGRIO REPORT - Besides being civil rights icons, King and Garvey share another unique bond -- their paternal ancestries trace…
/ January 13, 2011

International support helps keep Haiti’s schools open

theGRIO VIDEO - Nearly half of Haiti's children don't attend school. And to make matters worse, some of the country's…
/ January 10, 2011

Slideshow: It happened this week in black history 1/1-1/7

SLIDESHOW - 'The Twist' hit number one, Arsenio debuted and George Washington Carver passed away; this is an incredibly historic…
/ January 7, 2011

Kappa Alpha Psi celebrates 100 years of achievement

OPINION - Today, thousands of Kappa men dressed in their fraternal colors of crimson and cream will be thinking not…
/ January 5, 2011