Slideshow: Civil rights icon Dorothy Height laid to rest
SLIDESHOW - Noting Height's trademark attire, Obama said, "we loved those hats she wore like a crown. Regal."...
Black woman leads former whites-only school
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The private boarding school for underprivileged students now led by Autumn Adkins, who describes herself simply as "a black girl from Richmond, Virginia," would have excluded her in years past...
Make 10 African-American museums your next destination
SLIDESHOW - theGrio checks out 10 African-American museums for your next travel destination...
TheGrio's 100: Will Allen, good food revolutionary
VIDEO - TheGrios 100 - Will Allen of Growing Power aims to help bring about the "good food revolution...
Benjamin L. Hooks to be laid to rest in Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - After years of fighting for social justice, civil rights leader Benjamin L. Hooks will be laid to rest...
Slideshow: The life of civil rights legend Dorothy Height
SLIDESHOW - Height, whose activism on behalf of women and minorities dated to the New Deal, led the National Council of Negro Women for 40 years...
Lost black city buried under Arlington Cemetery
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - Down here, there are no memorials to ancient battles, no ornate headstones honoring long-dead dignitaries...
Height will forever be a towering figure
OPINION - Dorothy Height reminds us that even long lives are far too short, and that the time for action is now...
Dorothy Height, godmother of the civil rights movement, dies at 98
The late Dorothy Height dedicated every moment of her being to service, to create the best world possible for all...
Longtime civil rights leader Benjamin L. Hooks dead at 85
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Hooks took over the NAACP in 1977 and, by declaring "the civil rights movement is not dead," restored momentum that had flagged...
