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theGRIO VIDEO - Oscar winning actor Louis Gossett Jr. opens up about his role in BET's 'The Book of Negroes'…
The U.S. Army has published a regulation stipulating that it is acceptable to refer to an African-American service member as
OPINION - Republicans who praised Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy for standing up to the tyranny of the federal government are…
theGRIO REPORT - A New York City resident is outraged after she completed a prospective juror form that asked if…
WASHINGTON (AP) - After more than a century, the Census Bureau is dropping its use of the word 'Negro' to…
theGRIO REPORT - The U.S. Census Bureau is considering removing the term Negro from its form by 2020...
theGRIO REPORT - Brooklyn Democrat Ben Akselrod is apologizing after his campaign literature -- which used the term 'negrohood' instead…
theGRIO REPORT - A white Texas man claims that allowing a black man, or in his words a "negroidal", to…
FRESNO, California (AP) - Even with the federal and several state governments leading the way, scrubbing offensive place names --…
The legendary entertainer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte lambasted Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain as a 'bad apple'...
ATLANTA - The onetime name of Gov. Rick Perry's Texas hunting camp is currently the most famous example of an…
WASHINGTON - Western Maryland historians say Negro Mountain honors a free black man who acted heroically during the French and…
VIDEO - This sign is one which generations of people may have never seen, and many wished they would never…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The official manual of the South Carolina Legislature no longer references "Negro" or "scalawag" in historical…
On Friday's edition of C-SPAN's "Washington Journal," Census Bureau Director Robert Groves apologized to a caller for the "negro" classification…
The skepticism that many show toward the Census is understandable and in many ways, justified. But is apathy toward this…
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Black supporters rejected the idea that Reid no longer deserved their support, saying he has already…
OPINION - It looks like the word "Negro" is back in style these days, for better or for worse. And…