How civil rights movement overshadowed abuse of women
OPINION - The civil rights movement is also rooted in African-American women's long struggle against sexual violence...
One of Little Rock 9 remembers her 'quiet, funny' classmate
theGRIO Q & A - Minnijean Brown Trickey remembers how her former Central High classmate's sense of humor got them through their struggles ...
Little Rock Nine member Jefferson Thomas dies
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Jefferson Thomas, one of the first nine black students to enroll in desegregated Arkansas' schools, has died at age 67 ...
'63 March on Washington couple returns to 'reclaim the dream'
theGRIO REPORT - They said they're often asked about that day in 1963, what it was like, how they felt and what it meant...
Early Nation of Islam documents found in Detroit
DETROIT (AP) - More than 1,000 documents were found in the attic of a home in Detroit, the city where the secretive movement started 80 years ago, a lawyer said...
Re-enactors keep memory of black Civil War troops
SULLIVANS ISLAND, S.C. (AP) - The role of black Civil War troops in gaining the freedom of black Americans was pushed to a distant corner of the national memory for decades...
November trial set in 1965 Ala civil rights death case
MARION, Ala. (AP) - A grand jury indicted James Bonard Fowler for murder in the killing of Jimmie Lee Jackson during a civil rights protest that turned chaotic...
Slideshow: Rage leaves Watts in ruins
SLIDESHOW - These classic photos capture the mayhem and aftermath of a challenging time in our nation's history...
Watts riots: The fuse is still lit 45 years later
OPINION - In the decades after the riots, the many Watts's of America were written off as vast wastelands of violence...
Ex-Negro league baseball star still working at 104
PONCE, Puerto Rico (AP) - "And I don't have many wrinkles," he says in Spanish. He smiles, then allows in English: "Just a little bit."...
