MLK Memorial takes shape on National Mall in DC
WASHINGTON (AP) - A short distance from where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech, a 28-foot-tall statue of the slain civil rights leader has risen...
History or heresy? Texas woman wants to preserve segregated cemetery
VIDEO - The Ross Cemetery just off Highway 5 between McKinney and Fairview was established in the 1800s as a segregated burial site for black people...
Years later, Miss. still lacks civil rights museum
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The absence of a state museum to acknowledge these events leads some to question whether Mississippi is ready to embrace its role in history...
Founder of Chicago's DuSable Museum dies
CHICAGO (AP) - President Obama said in a statement that Burroughs was "widely admired for her contributions to American culture as an esteemed artist, historian, educator, and mentor."....
Ala. ex-trooper pleads in civil rights-era slaying
MARION, Ala. (AP) - The shooting death of Jimmie Lee Jackson inspired a Selma march that became known as 'Bloody Sunday'...
Fighting for the legacy of black Civil War vets
theGRIO REPORT - There's been a push among historians, descendants and others to ensure their contributions aren't forgotten...
Black SC Civil War vet honored with grave marker
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Almost 100 years after his death, a black Union Civil War vet from South Carolina finally has a veterans marker on his grave...
Missouri corrects record on 1923 college-town lynching
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Hundreds looked on as an angry mob dragged a black University of Missouri janitor from his jail cell in April 1923, publicly lynching him before he stood trial...
Mass. town makes peace with WEB Du Bois legacy
GREAT BARRINGTON, Massachusetts (AP) - Since Du Bois' death in Ghana in 1963, the civil rights activist and scholar has drawn praise for his writings but scorn from residents...
Texas to celebrate area founded by black cowboys
TEXAS CITY, Texas (AP) - The settlement was founded in large part by black cowboys, who were part of the Chisom Trail cattle drives...
