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February 9, 2011

First lady takes ‘Let’s Move!’ campaign to South

ATLANTA (AP) - Mrs. Obama is working to combat what many health experts are calling a national epidemic of obesity,…
February 2, 2011

Dems’ Charlotte convention choice speaks to new South

OPINION - Charlotte spotlights the Democratic theme that there's a New South, and that the region is no longer the…
January 10, 2011

African-Americans make great migration back to the South

Houston, Charlotte, N.C., and Raleigh, N.C., were also among the nation's biggest gainers of African-Americans over the decade...
July 12, 2010

'To Kill a Mockingbird' 50 years later, right on race

theGRIO REPORT - It was a work of fiction that reflected the simmering reality of the times, mirroring a national…
March 19, 2010

Maryland trying to secede from the South

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland's official song may include a line about "Northern scum" left over from the Civil War…
January 14, 2010

In the South, black schools restored as landmarks

From NYTimes.com Until 1923, the only school in the largely black farm settlement of Pine Grove was the one hand-built
February 2, 2009

Economic woes of the new South

After the Civil War, a group of influential Southerners promised that a “New South” would rise, complete with new industries,