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October 15, 2010
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (AP) - For neigbors in this tree-shrouded, historically black neighborhood, the confederate flag an unpleasant reminder of a…
October 15, 2010
ATLANTA (AP) - Recy Taylor survived only to watch two all-white, all-male grand juries decline to indict the six white…
September 15, 2010
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The NAACP is asking Mississippi's governor to pardon two black women who have been serving life…
September 2, 2010
OPINION - I would rather see the NAACP's wisdom and energy spent focusing on policing "us" and our own community...
August 28, 2010
OPINION - Without a shift in how energy policies are made and by whom, our disastrous trajectory toward peril will…
August 28, 2010
OPINION - This blatant attempt to preserve segregation was an institutionalized assertion of a mythical white superiority...
August 27, 2010
VIDEO - According to a memo sent home with students last week, African-American students could not run for class president…
August 24, 2010
VIDEO - Exchanges got personal and more accusatory as audience members voiced frustration with the answers given by the panel…
August 23, 2010
EPES, Ala. (AP) - Shirley Sherrod was forced to resign last month after a conservative blogger posted excerpts from a…
August 19, 2010
Despite being fired, Shirley Sherrod still believes in America and the promise of a multiracial society living in harmony, but…
August 17, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sherrod and NAACP President Ben Jealous will appear together and she has written a letter to the…
July 31, 2010
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Breitbart accused the president of engaging in a "proxy warfare plan" using the media, Hollywood and lawmakers...
July 29, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - Some African-American journalists and public relations professionals expressed mixed feelings over Shirley Sherrod's plans to sue...
July 29, 2010
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Sherrod made the announcement at the National Association of Black Journalists annual convention...
July 27, 2010
The head of the Virginia Conference of the NAACP lashed out at Sen. James Webb (D-Va.) Monday, three days after…
July 26, 2010
Why the indefatigable Al Sharpton still has work to do. And what his evolution tells us about race and politics…
July 23, 2010
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Mark Williams set off a firestorm last week after posting a letter on his blog written…
July 22, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sherrod said she hadn't decided whether she would accept the invitation to come back, but she did…
July 22, 2010
(AP) - Some say that racism requires power, so blacks can't be racist. Obama's election undercut that argument and made…
July 22, 2010
OPINION - The events of the past few days clearly indicate that race related issues and racism are alive, well,…