Revisiting MLK's death 45 years later

OPINION - Two years after their re-discovery, restored video footage of Dr. King’s convicted assassin, James Earl Ray, in custody in Memphis as well as on trial, have been released just in time for the 45th anniversary of Dr. King’s murder. ..

MLK biopic 'Memphis' is back on track

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theGRIO REPORT - A long in-development Martin Luther King Jr biopic, which was presumed shelved, is now reportedly back on track...

Black Hollywood weighs whether to support Obama again

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When Mattie Lawson's husband, Michael, suggested in 2003 that they consider hosting a political fundraiser at their lavish Los Angeles estate for a new up-and-comer in the field, she immediately said no.

WATCH: Ronald Reagan makes MLK Day official

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VIDEO - In this archival footage President Ronald Reagan officially makes Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's birthday a national holiday...

25 people who paved the way for MLK

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SLIDESHOW - In this list of 25 people who paved the way for MLK there are familiar and unfamiliar names but all contributed in great and small ways to the creation of a better nation and world...

Network aimed at black audience debuts in Philly

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The nation's first free broadcast network, Bounce TV, aimed at African-American audiences is now on the air in Philadelphia, the nation's fourth-largest media market...

How Occupy can learn from civil rights movement

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OPINION - Your average sit-in activist was usually a well-dressed and polished church-goer or college student who was able to elicit the moral responsibility of the viewer...

New TV network targets blacks in the South

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theGRIO REPORT - Bounce TV and BET, will get a little friendly competition from the newest African-American network on the block: Soul of the South Network...

Andrew Young III lives up to his father's legacy

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theGRIO REPORT - Young is currently the CEO of the website GiveLocally.net and is currently on the road going across the country to promote this website...

King aides bound to dedicate MLK Memorial

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ATLANTA (AP) - With Lewis leaning on his shovel, and Jackson and Young leaning on each other, they wept for how far they had come and for what they had lost...

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Revisiting MLK's death 45 years later

MLK biopic 'Memphis' is back on track

Black Hollywood weighs whether to support Obama again

WATCH: Ronald Reagan makes MLK Day official

25 people who paved the way for MLK

Network aimed at black audience debuts in Philly

How Occupy can learn from civil rights movement

New TV network targets blacks in the South

Andrew Young III lives up to his father's legacy

King aides bound to dedicate MLK Memorial

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