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April 20, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The NAACP released their report today, which explored how minorities have been affected by the gulf oil…
April 20, 2011
OPINION - For 153 days, Gulf communities suffered as their economic, environmental and health care realities were shaken...
April 19, 2011
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - The National Park Service is pushing to make the events more hospitable to black people...
April 19, 2011
IRVINE, Calif. (AP) - Marilyn Davenport, an elected member of the Orange County Republican Central Committee, sent an email Monday…
April 13, 2011
ATLANTA - This new marker's location is considered to be the "ground zero" of Atlanta and some Southerners look at…
April 10, 2011
OPINION - For those of us busy living our American dream, should there be leaders looking out for the collective…
April 7, 2011
OPINION - Over the years, as states escalated spending on prisons, funding for education suffered...
March 11, 2011
While the NAACP is not as bad as VH-1 in condoning anything that comes out of the mouth of an…
March 10, 2011
VIDEO - What do you think of those who argue the flag is about Southern pride and heritage?...
March 8, 2011
CLUTCH - The Detroit chapter of the NAACP's plans to honor hometown rocker Kid Rock with the coveted Great Expectations…
March 7, 2011
"Kid Rock has made the Confederate flag a symbol at all his concerts," said Adolph Mongo of Detroiters for Progress.…
March 5, 2011
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Image Awards celebrates outstanding achievements by people of color in film, television, music and literature...
February 16, 2011
Haley Barbour just demonstrated that he doesn't know how to address racially sensitive subjects in a way that will resonate…
February 14, 2011
theGRIO VIDEO - The school district in Wake is a shining star for urban schools across the country that have…
February 11, 2011
SLIDESHOW - Buster Douglas knocked out Mike Tyson, the NAACP was founded and Nelson Mandela was set free; this is…
January 28, 2011
VIDEO - Peter Wallison, who hails from a conservative think tank, blamed the government's affordable housing policy as the cause…
January 25, 2011
The Federal Bureau of Investigation had two major roles in the life of the late Benjamin Hooks, the lifelong civil…
January 19, 2011
NAACP President also said his group would ask the national NAACP to consider asking the Democratic Party not to hold…
January 18, 2011
Maine Gov. Paul LePage caused quite the stir last week when he replied "kiss my butt" to the NAACP's criticism…
January 17, 2011
WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) - LePage's attendance was "a political act that has nothing to do with his convictions," said Julie…