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Basketball team taunted by crowd with racial slurs, banana suits

6:51 PM on 02/08/2012

BRENTWOOD, Pa. (AP) - Athletic tensions between two Pittsburgh-area high schools one largely white, the other predominantly black have boiled over into accusations of racism that some say is being swept under the rug...

BYU student video shows Black History Month ignorance

By Ashley Michelle Williams

4:50 PM on 02/08/2012

VIDEO - Although all Americans -- not just African-Americans-- are expected to commemorate this month, a student a Brigham Young University is trying to prove this is not the case...

Beyoncé L'Oreal ad controversy inspires black community backlash

By Alexis Garrett Stodghill

4:33 PM on 02/08/2012

theGRIO REPORT - Beyoncé Knowles' heritage is described as 'African-American, Native American' and 'French' in a new L'Oreal commercial for its True Match foundation...

Brutal Atlanta beating of gay youth leads to calls for new hate crime laws

By Kunbi Tinuoye

4:13 PM on 02/08/2012

theGRIO REPORT - Brandon White, who is openly gay, says he just wants the men who attacked him to be held accountable for their actions...

Kelly Rowland on 'Chelsea Lately' talks Grammy nomination and new man

By Briana Lopes

3:05 PM on 02/08/2012

Kelly also talks about how 'Here I Am' is an album about being sexy and finding empowerment in your thirties...

Roland Martin suspended by CNN for 'homophobic' Super Bowl tweets

By Ashley Michelle Williams

2:20 PM on 02/08/2012

theGRIO REPORT - Roland Martin has been suspended by CNN for Super Bowl tweets which many observers considered to be homophobic...

TheGrio's 100: Andrew 'Bo' Young, III, changing the way we give

By Keosha Johnson

2:04 PM on 02/08/2012

theGRIO's 100 - Andrew 'Bo' Young, III is the CEO of Give Locally, a website that pre-screens and posts the needs of everyday Americans on the site...

TheGrio's 100: Cheryl Mills, leading the charge from the White House to the State Department

By Keosha Johnson

1:52 PM on 02/08/2012

theGRIOs 100 - Cheryl Mills is currently the counselor and chief of staff to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton...

TV topples and kills toddler in Chicago

By theGrio

1:03 PM on 02/08/2012

VIDEO - A 1-year-old boy died Tuesday after a television toppled onto him in his Chicago home...

Al Sharpton defends Melissa Harris Perry from Cornel West's 'arrogant' and 'disingenuous' attacks

By Zerlina Maxwell

12:42 PM on 02/08/2012

theGRIO REPORT - In an interview with theGrio, Rev. Al Sharpton responded sternly to West's latest criticism that he and Dr. Harris-Perry were somehow rewarded for their support for the Obama administration...

Rihanna and Chris Brown reunion: Would it kill their careers?

By Chris Witherspoon

12:31 PM on 02/08/2012

theGRIO REPORT - The 48th annual Grammy Awards twill be the first time the pop stars attend the prestigious award ceremony together since Brown violently assaulted Rihanna three years ago today...

Photo of Coretta Scott King, Michelle Obama goes viral: 'One black man died for another black man to win'

By theGrio

12:10 PM on 02/08/2012

theGRIO REPORT - The caption below it reads: 'One Black Man Died For Another Black Man To Win.' What do you think of this picture? Do you think it's inspiring or in poor taste?

Black filmmaker debunks America's 'obesity crisis'

By Dr. Tyeese Gaines

12:05 PM on 02/08/2012

theGRIO REPORT - Even with the number of obese Americans rising -- over 72 million adults and 12.5 million children and adolescents -- Darryl Roberts, filmmaker and director of America the Beautiful 2, explains that talking about obesity is missing the mark...

Shaq OK with Kobe Bryant ahead in NBA scoring

By theGrio

11:13 AM on 02/08/2012

NEW YORK (AP) - Shaquille O'Neal says he's satisfied being the most dominant Los Angeles Lakers player, and has no problem with former teammate Kobe Bryant passing him on the NBA's career scoring list...

Greg Jones, Giants linebacker, proposes to girlfriend after Super Bowl

By theGrio

9:41 AM on 02/08/2012

New York Giants' linebacker Greg Jones won twice on Super Bowl Sunday. After his team's last minute victory he proposed to his girlfriend Amanda Piechowski...

DC wax museum adds Harriet Tubman to collection

By theGrio

9:24 AM on 02/08/2012

WASHINGTON (AP) - Descendants of Harriet Tubman have gathered at The President's Gallery by Madame Tussauds and unveiled a wax statue of the woman who led hundreds of slaves to freedom....

Designers lend their glamour to Obama campaign

By theGrio

9:12 AM on 02/08/2012

NEW YORK (AP) - Can President Barack Obama's campaign recapture the glamour quotient of four years ago?...

Jay-Z reportedly only gave 6K to charity in 2010 after earning $63 mil

By Kunbi Tinuoye

8:58 AM on 02/08/2012

theGRIO REPORT - The multimillionaire rapper is under scrutiny following reports he donated a tiny fraction of his earnings to charity...

Michelle Obama beats 'Late Night' host Jimmy Fallon in fitness challenge

By theGrio

8:53 AM on 02/08/2012

WASHINGTON (AP) - Michelle Obama and 'Late Night' host Jimmy Fallon turned the White House into a playground to promote the first lady's "Let's Move!" fitness campaign....

TheGrio's 100: Nicole Lyons, car builder, drag racer and one of few women of color in the industry

By Keosha Johnson

8:29 AM on 02/08/2012

theGRIO's 100 - In 2005, Lyons became the first black woman in professional stock racing. The following year she built an 1,100 horsepower engine, which broke records...

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