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June 11, 2012
Soul of the South Network will launch a 24-hour channel that targets African-Americans in the South.
December 29, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The famous 1957 photograph of two young girls at Little Rock Central High School continues to not…
September 20, 2011
OPINION - In recent years, a number of federal courts have ruled school districts officially 'desegregated' thereby cutting off funding...
September 19, 2011
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - More than a half-century after federal troops escorted nine black students into an all-white school,…
July 26, 2011
GAWKER - Kymberly Wimberly, an 18-year-old student in Arkansas, is suing McGehee Secondary School for allegedly not allowing her to…
July 18, 2011
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - When Abdulhakim Muhammad goes on trial this week in Little Rock, he won't face any…
November 26, 2010
OPINION - Philander Smith is a small historically black college in Little Rock, Arkansas, and was pretty known for being…
September 6, 2010
theGRIO Q & A - Minnijean Brown Trickey remembers how her former Central High classmate's sense of humor got them…
September 6, 2010
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Jefferson Thomas, one of the first nine black students to enroll in desegregated Arkansas' schools,…
August 29, 2010
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (AP) - The Rev. Jeremiah Wright delivered a fiery sermon Sunday at the New Millennium Church in…
February 6, 2010
TheGrio's 100 - Whether I'm here at the historic site or through artistic means like a play, I want to…
November 23, 2009
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Every day before heading to Little Rock Central High School in the fall of 1957,…
July 13, 2009
In 1957, the campus of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, became a battleground in the fight for school
July 12, 2009
In Arkansas Sataurday, it was a memorable reunion for a senior class that didnt exist. Classmates from the Horace Mann…