Lil Wayne pens letter to Till family

theGRIO REPORT - Lil Wayne has finally apologized to the family of Emmett Till after over a month of dealing with criticism over his vulgar verse where he used civil rights icon’s savage killing as metaphor for sexual intercourse...

Hearing held in case of poisoned letters mailed to Obama

Holbrook Mohr, Associated Press

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi man charged with making a deadly poison sent to President Barack Obama and others was ordered held without bond until a hearing later this week when prosecutors are expected to describe what evidence they have against him...

Miss. man charged with sending poison letters to Obama, others

Adrian Sainz and Holbrook Mohr, Associated Press

CORINTH, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi man accused of mailing letters with suspected ricin has been charged with threatening President Barack Obama and others...

Poison letter sent to President Obama

Eileen Sullivan and Laurie Kellman, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Secret Service says it has intercepted a letter addressed to President Barack Obama that contained a 'suspicious substance'...

MLK thank-you letter to officer for sale

Joann Loviglio, Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A dealer of rare historic documents is selling a letter from Martin Luther King Jr. to a Philadelphia police officer who was assigned to protect him...

Ala. rep shocks colleagues with slavery remarks

Associated Press

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama House leader says a black lawmaker will not face punishment for referring in an email to a white constituent's ancestors as incestuous slave owners...

Allen West's 'NUTS!' letter on sale

Joy-Ann Reid

theGRIO REPORT - Allen West may be out of congress, but the tea party firebrand Allen West has carved out a place in history ... or at least on eBay...

Letter to Santa makes wish come true for Compton girl

Lolita Lopez

NBC Southern California - The U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday kicked off its annual 'Letters to Santa' campaign with a story of a Christmas wish fulfilled...

Ex-Ala. Attorney General's 'kiss my a**' letter to the KKK goes viral

Marquise Francis

theGRIO REPORT - Former Attorney General of Alabama Bill Baxley wrote a short and direct letter to the Ku Klux Klan back in 1970 after receiving a threatening letter of protest...

Stacey Dash defends GOP ticket in 3 page 'rant'

Chris Witherspoon

theGRIO REPORT - 'Clueless' star Stacey Dash sent TMZ a 3-page letter expressing her thoughts over Mitt Romney's loss in the U.S. presidential election...

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