Obama: Privilege to use Martin Luther King's Bible in inaugural
(AP) - President Barack Obama says it was a privilege to take the oath of office using a Bible that had been owned by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr...
Bernice King on MLK's 'gun control'
ATLANTA (AP) - The nation will honor civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday — the same day as it celebrates the inauguration of the first black president to his second term...
Myrlie and Medgar Evers’ civil rights struggle still matters today
OPINION - Perhaps it seems that President Barack Obama is simply honoring the fifty-year anniversary of the death of Medgar Evers -- with no greater symbolism implied -- by inviting his widow, Myrlie Evers-Williams, to deliver the invocation at his inauguration...
Tuskegee Airman recalls Truman inauguration
WASHINGTON (AP) - Some of the most cared for spectators at President Barack Obama's inauguration were the Tuskegee Airmen, America's first black military pilots...
King 'content of character' quote inspires debate
(AP) - The quote is used to support opposing views on politics, affirmative action and programs intended to help the disadvantaged...
Celebrating the unvarnished Dr. King
OPINION - My 9-year old daughter came home this week raving about her class and their discussion of Martin Luther King, Jr...
Fordham starts project on slavery burial grounds
theGRIO REPORT - Fordham University is launching a database of enslaved African-American burial grounds in the United States today...
MLK estate sues family of ex-secretary
theGRIO REPORT - Dr. Martin Luther King's estate has recently filed a lawsuit against Maude Ballou, the late leader's secretary during the Civil Rights Movement, over documents she currently posses...
22 year-old becomes Stockton's youngest ever city councilman
VIDEO - Michael Tubbs, a 22 year-old Stanford graduate, is the youngest ever city councilman to be elected in his hometown of Stockton, C.A...
theGrio’s 100: RZA, Wu-Tang Clan member hones directing and acting chops
theGRIO'S 100 - RZA has now made not only his directorial debut but also flexed his chops as the screenwriter and star of the kung-fu flick 'Man With The Iron Fists'...
