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February 17, 2015
theGRIO VIDEO - Oscar winning actor Louis Gossett Jr. opens up about his role in BET's 'The Book of Negroes'…
November 6, 2014
The U.S. Army has published a regulation stipulating that it is acceptable to refer to an African-American service member as
April 25, 2014
OPINION - Republicans who praised Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy for standing up to the tyranny of the federal government are…
January 9, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - A New York City resident is outraged after she completed a prospective juror form that asked if…
February 25, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - After more than a century, the Census Bureau is dropping its use of the word 'Negro' to…
January 4, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The U.S. Census Bureau is considering removing the term Negro from its form by 2020...
August 30, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Brooklyn Democrat Ben Akselrod is apologizing after his campaign literature -- which used the term 'negrohood' instead…
August 14, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A white Texas man claims that allowing a black man, or in his words a "negroidal", to…
February 27, 2012
FRESNO, California (AP) - Even with the federal and several state governments leading the way, scrubbing offensive place names --…
October 11, 2011
The legendary entertainer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte lambasted Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain as a 'bad apple'...
October 6, 2011
ATLANTA - The onetime name of Gov. Rick Perry's Texas hunting camp is currently the most famous example of an…
February 7, 2011
WASHINGTON - Western Maryland historians say Negro Mountain honors a free black man who acted heroically during the French and…
December 7, 2010
VIDEO - This sign is one which generations of people may have never seen, and many wished they would never…
April 22, 2010
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The official manual of the South Carolina Legislature no longer references "Negro" or "scalawag" in historical…
March 26, 2010
On Friday's edition of C-SPAN's "Washington Journal," Census Bureau Director Robert Groves apologized to a caller for the "negro" classification…
March 23, 2010
The skepticism that many show toward the Census is understandable and in many ways, justified. But is apathy toward this…
January 15, 2010
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Black supporters rejected the idea that Reid no longer deserved their support, saying he has already…
January 15, 2010
VIDEO - Does the word "Negro" have any place in today's society?
January 13, 2010
OPINION - It looks like the word "Negro" is back in style these days, for better or for worse. And…
January 11, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senator Harry Reid speaks for the first time on camera about his controversial remarks regarding President Obama…