James Hood dies; defied segregation at U. of Ala.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - One of the first black students who enrolled at the University of Alabama a half century ago in defiance of racial segregation has died. James Hood of Gadsden was 70...
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...
MLK's daughter Bernice King: Nonviolence message vital as ever
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - While the nation struggles to agree on how to curb gun violence, followers of a man gunned down nearly 45 years ago think his wisdom offers an answer....
Civil rights pioneer Julia Hill steps down at NAACP
theGRIO REPORT - At the age of 90, Julia Hill has stepped down as an executive board member of the Kansas City branch of the NAACP...
New stamp celebrates Emancipation Proclamation's 150th anniversary
theGRIO REPORT - The U.S. Postal service has released a limited-edition stamp to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Emancipation Proclamation Forever Stamp...
Atlanta civil rights leader, businessman Jesse Hill Jr. dead
ATLANTA (AP) - Jesse Hill Jr., a civil rights leader and businessman who later became the first black president of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, died Monday. He was 86...
Smithsonian exhibit parallels Emancipation, civil rights
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington for Civil Rights were 100 years apart, but both changed the nation and expanded freedom...
FBI has sordid history of probing personal lives
theGRIO REPORT - Long before the recent FBI probe of Gen. David Petraeus, leading to his resignation as CIA director, the FBI had an extensive history of investigating powerful people, including the Kennedys and Martin Luther King, Jr., in the 1960s...
Candidate walks back Rosa Parks 'gimmick' comment
theGRIO REPORT - During a debate response, Independent Mike Connelly implied Rosa Park's 1955 refusal to give up her bus seat to a white person was 'a gimmick'...
Statue of Fannie Lou Hamer unveiled in Mississippi
theGRIO REPORT - Hamer, who would have been 95 on Oct. 6, is remembered the world over as a woman who was 'sick and tired of being sick and tired'...
