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September 13, 2024
Why did many Black voters abandon the Republican Party for Democrats at key points in history? Civil rights wins and…
January 19, 2021
The 1776 Commission's report defends slavery and describes affirmative action as 'more discrimination' and 'the opposite of King's hope.'
October 5, 2015
A Houston mother was surprised when she looked through her 9th grade son's textbook and found that the "World Geography"…
September 25, 2015
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A Newport News, Virginia, high school teacher has been placed on administrative leave after using…
July 7, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - For five million students in Texas, racial segregation and slavery will be secondary issues in history classes,…
March 22, 2013
OPINION - This week it was sad to see Frederick Douglass’s legacy cheapened as members of the right-wing sought to…
March 22, 2013
TRAVEL -- The sequester may have shut down White House tours, but it hasn't stopped the president from opening up…
December 30, 2012
VIDEO - On Saturday, Melissa Harris Perry used her weekly "letter" to address out-going North Carolina Governor Bev Purdue. Her…
September 22, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - President Barack Obama on Thursday signed a bill that will send a statue of legendary abolitionist leader…
August 5, 2012
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd obtained secret FBI documents about the civil rights movement that were…
February 2, 2012
SLIDESHOW - From George Washington to Barack Obama, America has had 44 presidents, which means 44 presidential campaigns -- some…
October 16, 2011
OPINION - At the helm of the civil rights movement, King called into question what citizenship meant if it was…