Black History Month

OPINION - Our young men are an endangered breed. And the higher the level of education, the more endangered they…
/ November 19, 2010
VIDEO - Angry parents in the Vallejo Unified School District packed the district's office Wednesday evening to protest a plan…
/ November 18, 2010
MARION, Ala. (AP) - The shooting death of Jimmie Lee Jackson inspired a Selma march that became known as 'Bloody…
/ November 15, 2010
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Blacks comprised about 12 percent of total enrollment in higher education in 2007 but were 21 percent…
/ November 14, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - There's been a push among historians, descendants and others to ensure their contributions aren't forgotten...
/ November 11, 2010
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Almost 100 years after his death, a black Union Civil War vet from South Carolina finally…
/ November 11, 2010
OPINION - We have to read the writing on the wall -- enough is enough. Unfortunately some can't read it...
/ November 11, 2010
Only 12 percent of black fourth-grade boys are proficient in reading, compared with 38 percent of white boys...
/ November 9, 2010
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Hundreds looked on as an angry mob dragged a black University of Missouri janitor from his…
/ November 9, 2010
GREAT BARRINGTON, Massachusetts (AP) - Since Du Bois' death in Ghana in 1963, the civil rights activist and scholar has…
/ November 8, 2010
TEXAS CITY, Texas (AP) - The settlement was founded in large part by black cowboys, who were part of the…
/ November 7, 2010
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - The University of Alabama has dedicated a clock tower and plaza in honor of the three…
/ November 4, 2010