Black History Month

July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act in the company of Martin Luther King Jr.
/ July 2, 2009
On the eve of Juneteenth, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution apologizing for slavery. The gesture sparked lots of debate
/ June 25, 2009
(AP Photo/ Charlie Tasanadi, File) CAL WOODWARD Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Watergate scandal grew into a
/ June 24, 2009
Modern day school segregation and the academic achievement gap looms as the last vestige of a nearly completed civil rights
/ June 23, 2009
In light of today’s Supreme Court decision to exempt a district in Texas from the Voting Rights Act , theGrio.com
/ June 22, 2009
MARY BENTON Since 1979, Texas has celebrated the end of slavery on June 19. But on Galveston Island, the true
/ June 19, 2009
KEVIN JOHNSON Southwest Louisiana knows how to party, and Juneteenth celebrations are no different. Juneteenth is a celebration of the
/ June 19, 2009
I spent last Friday night at a 4th grade poetry slam. I wasn’t sure I wanted to go. As the
/ June 17, 2009
It’s a symbol of history — but also of hate. Some 150 years after the Civil War, the confederate flag
/ June 11, 2009
Until recently, many African-American veterans have fought alongside their comrades but received little to no recognition for their courage. For
/ June 10, 2009
Technology and politics have been bedfellows for a while now but thanks to a Silicon Valley author and some Silicon
/ June 10, 2009
VIDEO - Charlotte, NC - Mary Sadler is an 83-year-old African-American who remembers when blacks had to use the other…
/ June 9, 2009