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January 18, 2013
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - One of the first black students who enrolled at the University of Alabama a half century…
December 31, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - After years of claims that they were wrongly convicted, nine African-American men and one white women wrongly…
October 15, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - This November, residents will vote again to see if their state's Constitution can finally be rid of…
January 23, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - One part of Joe Paterno's career that has been lost among his accomplishments, however, is that many…
May 12, 2011
VIDEO - Burlyce Logan, who will don her cap and gown on Saturday, was one of 11 black students to…
February 18, 2011
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Recent flaps over racially offensive language at the University of Alabama fit a pattern that's dogged…
January 11, 2011
In 1983, Fred Rice became the first African-American permanently appointed police superintendent for the Chicago Police Department. Rice was appointed…
December 21, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Even now, with racial violence largely in the past, blacks hold only about 6 percent of…
December 20, 2010
OPINION - The repeal will take time to fully work itself through military policy from top to bottom. But it…
December 15, 2010
OPINION - The decline in black-white residential segregation is not an equal opportunity phenomenon...
December 7, 2010
While a cultural experience may be lost, is a sense of understanding gained...?
July 26, 2010
VIDEO - Even after the formal end of segregation, John and Bradford Tatum, said they still didn't feel welcome swimming…
June 28, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The 91-year-old Irvin, a Hall of Famer who became the first black player in Giants history…
February 26, 2010
Although her name is not widely recognized, this pioneer played in important role in one of the most important events…
October 5, 2009
In 1960, Ruby Bridges was only 6 when she walked passed an angry mob to become the first black student…
June 7, 2009
theGrio reflects on the battle for desegregation on June 11, 1963 with icue.com. Forty six years ago, this week, Governor