Remembering MLK: 44 years since his assassination
ATLANTA (AP) - Two of Martin Luther King Jr.'s children on Wednesday marked the 44th anniversary of his death by launching efforts to prevent youth violence...
Coast Guard Academy to honor first black grad
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Since becoming the first African-American to graduate from the Coast Guard Academy in 1966, Merle Smith has seen more diversity among the corps of cadets...
Women's rights advocate Addie Wyatt dies at 88
Rev. Addie Wyatt has passed away at the age of 88 at Advocate Trinity Hospital. Wyatt dedicated her life to fight for African-American and women's rights...
Smithsonian opens Civil War art from North, South
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery is opening two new exhibits that retrace the history of the Civil War, including a display of lesser known portraits by photographer Mathew Brady...
Ala. civil rights museum exhibiting lesbian photos
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Founded to teach about human rights and the fight for equality during the days of racial segregation, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is introducing a new topic: Lesbian awareness in the South,,
London subway stops named for Jesse Owens, Carl Lewis
LONDON (AP) - Hop on the Underground at 'Jesse Owen' station. After one stop change at 'Carl Lewis.' And then ride the Tube all the way to "'Michael Phelps'..
Anti-apartheid icon Mandela's life now online
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - At a news conference in Johannesburg Tuesday, Mandela's archivists and Google said their $1.25 million project to digitally preserve a record of the anti-apartheid leader's life is now online...
Ark. town known for ties to KKK tries to rebrand
HARRISON, Ark. (AP) - When a black man supposedly broke into a white man's home in 1905, a mob ran most black people out of tiny Harrison, Ark., and instantly gave the community a lasting reputation as being too dangerous for minorities...
Einstein's pro-civil rights record revealed
theGRIO REPORT - Albert Einstein's greatness as a champion of human and civil rights for African-Americans as one of his greatest contributions to the world...
Is Trayvon Martin this generation's Emmett Till?
OPINION - Trayvon Martin, not unlike Emmett Till, could potentially have a large impact on the nation's psyche...
