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October 4, 2011
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas had a pair of bronze plaques with symbols of the Confederacy displayed in its state…
September 21, 2011
JACKSON, Ga. (AP) - His offer to take a polygraph test was rejected. So was his request for the pardons…
September 21, 2011
ATLANTA (AP) - The 42-year-old's most realistic, though slim, chance for reprieve is through the courts, and his lawyers are…
September 20, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Amnesty International, the NAACP and the National Action Network are drawing attention to one last effort...
September 19, 2011
TheGRIO REPORT - The NAACP and Amnesty International are part of a growing number of supporters in Atlanta who insist…
September 14, 2011
TheGRIO REPORT - The NAACP on Wednesday announced its next steps in the civil rights organization's drive to stop the…
September 14, 2011
theGRIO REPORT -- The NAACP has joined other rights organizations in pushing for a stay of execution for George death…
September 6, 2011
PAINESVILLE, Ohio - Kirtland crushed Painesville Harvey during Friday night's high school football game, but it was what happened after…
September 2, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - To remind youth of Florida's ban on saggy pants, Democratic State Senator Gary Siplin is handing out…
September 1, 2011
LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) - About 100 people rallied Thursday evening in opposition to a proposal to limit the flying of…
August 12, 2011
The answer is that the Urban League is utterly dependent on the generosity of corporate donors, and Bill Gates is…
August 1, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - After a drive-by shooting involving two teens, Chicago CBS affiliate WBBM interviewed a few preschool-aged criminologists...
July 29, 2011
VIDEO - President Obama and John Boehner must come to an agreement by August 2nd about whether to raise the…
July 28, 2011
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Harry Belafonte says Hollywood has yet to explore the breadth of black experience and that the…
July 27, 2011
LOS ANGELES (AP) - To do that, Roger Vann, the group's chief operating officer, said the organization plans to use…
July 27, 2011
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The NAACP's president is urging South Carolina's Gov. Nikki Haley to remove the Confederate flag that…
July 26, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Jeffrey Smith, 46, has been sentenced to 15-months in prison after sending letters threatening to burn black…
July 26, 2011
VIDEO - "I didn't have to 'come out' black," offered comic Wanda Sykes Monday during a speech at the NAACP…
July 26, 2011
REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK - I should have known the event would be filled with falsehoods, fake statistics, fear-mongering, and racist tropes…
July 25, 2011
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Benjamin Todd Jealous said legislation promoted by what he called racist elements in the tea party…