'4 Little Girls' may get Congress' highest honor

Henry C. Jackson, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Four young victims of a deadly Alabama church bombing that marked one of the darkest moments of the civil rights movement are one step closer to receiving Congress' highest civilian honor...

'Letter from Birmingham Jail' at 50

Mashaun D. Simon

theGRIO REPORT - King’s letter reflected the religious challenges of his time, addressing the crisis of Christian faith for southern Christians at the time...

Medgar Evers remembered 50 years after death

Laura Tillman, Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The widow of civil rights leader Medgar Evers, who was killed by a white supremacist outside his Jackson, Miss., home in 1963, laments that her husband is remembered primarily as an assassination victim...

Survivor of 1963 '4 Little Girls' church bombing seeks funds

Jay Reeves, Associated Press

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The lone survivor of a notorious 1963 Alabama church bombing that killed four black girls is seeking millions in compensation and says she won't accept a top congressional award to honor the victims...

Cosby wants 'movement' for schools

Joy-Ann Reid

theGRIO REPORT - At 75, the comedian, philanthropist, actor and everyone's favorite dad as co-creator and star of 'The Cosby Show,' is still feisty, opinionated, and determined. Only now, his energy is often devoted to touting causes that have nothing to do with show business...

New film 'The Sapphires' captures Australian civil rights movement

Courtney Garcia

theGRIO REPORT - Unbeknownst to most, in the 1960s, a group of aboriginal Australian singers took the initiative and inspiration of the American civil rights movement, and made it a launch pad for their own self-liberation..

How affirmative action foes are borrowing from the NAACP

Nikole Hannah-Jones, ProPublica

PRO PUBLICA - When the NAACP began challenging Jim Crow laws across the South, it knew that, in the battle for public opinion, the particular plaintiffs mattered as much as the facts of the case...

Olen Burrage, suspect in 1964 Klan slayings, dies

Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA, Mississippi (AP) - Olen Burrage, who was acquitted in the case of three civil rights workers killed by Ku Klux Klansmen in Mississippi in the 1960s, has died. He was 82...

'Bloody Sunday' bridge named national landmark

theGrio

theGRIO REPORT - The location is one of 13 new sites to receive federal recognition, including the home of Uncle Tom's Cabin author Harrier Beecher Stowe and Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson N.J., which once served as a home-field to Negro League baseball teams...

The stabbing of MLK: New documentary delves into Izola Curry mystery

Brittany Tom

theGRIO REPORT - A new documentary delves into the mystery surrounding the woman who almost fatally stabbed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ten years before his death...