Library’s ‘lynching quilt’ sparks controversy
VIDEO - An exhibit at the Indianapolis Central Library includes a piece of art that many people will view as controversial...
Halloween display resembles lynching
theGRIO REPORT - St. Louis Zoo officials have taken down their Halloween ghost display after receiving complaints that it resembled African Americans being lynched, KMOV reports.
Texas man takes down 'lynched' empty chair
theGRIO REPORT - A Texas man, who got attention last week for hanging an empty chair representing President Barack Obama in his front yard, took the chair down from the tree last week...
CBC chairman: Blacks who don't vote should 'give their color back'
theGRIO REPORT - Congressional Black Caucus chairman Emanuel Cleaver said yesterday that blacks who decide not to vote 'ought to give us their color back'...
Texas man 'lynches' empty chair, says Obama can 'go to Hell'
theGRIO REPORT - In what appears to be an homage to Clint Eastwood's much maligned debate with an imaginary President Barack Obama the Republican National Convention, Bud Johnson, a 73-year-old Texas man has hung an empty chair from a tree in his front yard...
Pastor posts lynching photo to urge black vote
theGRIO REPORT - An Indianapolis pastor says he hopes a graphic and disturbing image of an infamous lynching in the 1930s of two black men will encourage more of the area's black residents to vote in this fall's election..
Einstein's pro-civil rights record revealed
theGRIO REPORT - Albert Einstein's greatness as a champion of human and civil rights for African-Americans as one of his greatest contributions to the world...
Prosecutors aim new weapon at Occupiers: Lynching allegation
Sergio Ballesteros, 30, has been involved in Occupy LA since the movement had its CA launch in October. This week, his activism took an abrupt turn when he was arrested...
Penn: Tea Party wants to 'lynch' n-word Obama
Sean Penn has long mixed politics and show business, and Friday night, he urged President Obama to do the same...
Ind. lawmaker's lynching reference riles Tea Party
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A black Indiana congressman used a lynching metaphor to describe tea party policies he says would turn minorities into 'second class citizens,'...
