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Black stereotype college parties spark outrageFrom Connecticut to Colorado, "gangsta" theme parties thrown by whites are drawing the ire of college officials and heated complaints from black and white students who say the antics conjure the worst racial stereotypes.
Jury weighs fate of black woman in store scuffleA jury is deliberating the fate of a black schoolteacher charged with assaulting white police officers responding to a disturbance at a Walmart store in Missouri.
City aims for balance with Dred Scott plaqueMore than 150 years after the U.S. Supreme Court issued the notorious Dred Scott decision affirming slavery, a Maryland city erects a plaque to educate visitors about the decision.
Hate groups target undocumented workers?A report says an anti-immigration group has urged hate groups to launch campaign of violence against undocumented workers.
Chinese-Americans reflect on Obama's tripAs President Barack Obama visits China seeking to balance a seesawing relationship, Chinese-Americans embody the challenges facing the giants of East and West.
Swim club accused of bias to file bankruptcyA suburban swim club accused of discrimination last summer after revoking the memberships of mostly black and Hispanic children plans to declare bankruptcy, a newspaper reported Saturday.
'Jena 6' protesters rally at Louisiana townThousands of chanting demonstrators filled the streets of this little Louisiana town Thursday in support of six black teenagers initially charged with attempted murder in the beating of a white classmate.
Utah girl's pierced nose brings suspensionTo 12-year-old Suzannah Pabla, piercing her nose was a way to connect with her roots in India. To Suzannah's school, it was a dress-code violation worthy of a suspension.
La. justice quits after interracial marriage flapA Louisiana justice of the peace who refused to marry a couple because the bride was white and groom was black resigns.
MLK's daughter to head civil rights groupBernice King has been chosen as the first woman to head the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization co-founded by her father, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Wis. farmer promotes 'good-food revolution'After years of tilling away in obscurity, Will Allen has found sudden fame as the face of the urban farming movement.
More black characters for Halloween costumesWith the surge of African-American figures populating the mainstream this year, blacks now have plenty of other costume options than the generic witch, writes Beti Gathegi for The Grio.
New hotel owner hounded by racism chargesThe owner of a Taos, N.M., hotel is under fire for ordering employees to speak only English in his presence and changing the first names of several workers to make it easier to pronounce.
Alien Halloween costume spooks immigrantsImmigrant advocates are urging retailers to pull a Halloween costume of a space creature in orange prison garb emblazoned with the words "illegal alien."
Retracing John Brown's incendiary footstepsAs many as 300 people will follow the footsteps of John Brown, 150 years after the radical abolitionist launched the raid that kindled the Civil War.
Media under fire for missing persons coverageJournalism watchdogs take the industry to task for what they see as an imbalanaced emphasis on cases in which white girls and women - usually upper-middle class and attractive - disappear.
Official in interracial couple flap under fireTwo civil and constitutional rights organizations call on a Louisiana justice of the peace to resign after he refused to marry an interracial couple.
Interracial couple denied marriage licenseA Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have.
Interracial couple denied marriage licenseA Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have.
First non-black Miss Hampton U says sorryThe first non-black winner of Hampton University's annual beauty pageant says she's sorry for writing to President Barack Obama contending her crowning was not "widely accepted" because she's not black.
Students find few black men to call 'Mister'A program called Call Me MISTER is trying to boost the number of male minority teachers by offering collegescholarships in exchange for teaching in public schools.
Nebraska tries to oust trooper linked to KlanRobert Henderson was not fired as a state trooper because he belonged to the Ku Klux Klan and another white supremacist group. He was ousted because he could not uphold public trust while participating in such groups, authorities said.
Hispanic farmers voice discrimination concernsHispanic farmers in New Mexico complain of USDA loan discrimination during a visit by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.
Man, 2 teens plead innocent in hate crimeA man and two teenagers have pleaded not guilty in what authorities describe as a racially motivated beating of an elderly black fisherman.
Black president makes splash at white collegeChris Howard, the new black president of overwhelmingly white Hampden-Sydney College, is getting a warm reception from students and alumni after almost three months on the job.
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