Black History Month

NEW YORK (AP) - Even now, with racial violence largely in the past, blacks hold only about 6 percent of…
/ December 21, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - The most powerful governing body in the world invited young people from all around the globe, including…
/ December 21, 2010
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The film, "Freedom Riders," recounts the 1961 crusade by daring young activists intent on ending segregated…
/ December 21, 2010
SLIDESHOW - Inspired by Jack Johnson, and the ongoing battle to see that he is posthumously pardoned, theGrio has compiled…
/ December 20, 2010
CLUTCH - Height, who passed away this past April at the age of 98, was one of the most significant…
/ December 17, 2010
SLIDESHOW - George Washington freed his slaves, Ol' Dirty Bastard died and Booker T. Washington was commemorated on a coin;…
/ December 17, 2010
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - At least nine of George Washington's slaves also lived at the President's House, which was demolished in…
/ December 15, 2010
OTTAWA (AP) - Jenkins said the stamp provides a bookend to a major league career in which his image was…
/ December 13, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - Reginald L. Lewis died of brain cancer at age 50 in 1993. But his philosophy continues to…
/ December 13, 2010
SLIDESHOW - Dr. King won the Nobel Peace Prize, The Jacksons played their last gig and Otis Redding was tragically…
/ December 10, 2010
The university's admissions data confirms that only one black Briton of Caribbean descent was accepted for undergraduate study at Oxford…
/ December 7, 2010
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The University of Central Florida's Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport found that the graduation…
/ December 6, 2010