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August 14, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - A children’s hospital in Atlanta has reversed its decision to deny a dying African-American teenager the opportunity…
August 13, 2013
U.S. Rep. John Lewis is paying homage to a 1950s comic book in telling his life story in a graphic…
August 13, 2013
WXIA - In three weeks Anthony Stokes has gone from a teen that never had anything more than a cold,…
July 29, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Within the small, close-knit, coastal city of Brunswick, opinions about the killing have been sharply polarized along…
July 18, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner and Democratic Rep. John Lewis are men of a certain age and experience…
July 15, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Hundreds of protesters are expected to rally across Georgia later today in support of an African-American death-row…
July 8, 2013
NBC Sports - Lawrence Taylor Jr. did not inherit his father’s football talent, but did not avoid his father’s ability…
June 26, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The 30-year-old has been a public defender, or advocate for those who cannot afford to hire an…
June 20, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Dr. Evelyn Wynn-Dixon has come a long way. Her story is a testimony to her ability to…
June 14, 2013
REX, Ga. (AP) - Police in Georgia are investigating after a monument dedicated to one of first lady Michelle Obama's…
June 12, 2013
ROCKMART, Ga. (AP) - A man has been paralyzed after diving into a creek in northwest Georgia to save a…
June 10, 2013
JONESBORO, Ga. (AP) - Former NBA All-Star Daron 'Mookie' Blaylock is out of the hospital and in jail, charged with…
May 23, 2013
CLUTCH - Chelesa Fearce is a shining example of a student that didn’t let obstacles get in her way when…
May 20, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - President Obama delivered a fearless and passionate commencement address at Morehouse College on Sunday, which despite the…
May 11, 2013
MACON, Georgia (AP) - Officials in Georgia have decided to move the boyhood home of Little Richard to spare it…
April 29, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Despite resistance from many white residents, students from Wilcox County High School attended their county's first ever…
April 25, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by a parasite, which, if left untreated can led to severe…
April 18, 2013
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Two Georgia teenagers pleaded not guilty Thursday to murdering a baby who was shot in the…
April 18, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Just days before a high school in rural Georgia holds its first ever racially integrated prom, the…
April 10, 2013
VIDEO - Leaders of the Georgia NAACP stood before the Wilcox County School Board at its work session and said…