Does the NAACP gay resolution matter?
theGRIO REPORT - The NAACP's own resolution on the matter gave a respectful nod to the black church, stating 'we strongly affirm the religious freedoms of all people as protected by the First Amendment'...
Jealous: NAACP gay marriage stance a 'game changer'
BALTIMORE (AP) - NAACP President Benjamin Jealous said Monday he hopes the group's resolution supporting same-sex marriage will encourage blacks to support marriage equality...
NAACP backs same-sex marriage
MIAMI (AP) - The NAACP passed a resolution Saturday endorsing same-sex marriage as a civil right and opposing any efforts 'to codify discrimination or hatred into the law'...
Is same-sex marriage a political or religious issue?
theGRIO REPORT - It is a question that many are contemplating as North Carolinians digest a new reality where same-sex marriages are now forbidden constitutionally...
NC bans gay marriage over objections of Obama
theGRIO REPORT - An expansive constitutional amendment that could bar not only gay marriage but any kind of domestic partnership or civil union in North Carolina passed overwhelmingly on Tuesday...
Julian Bond to today's activists: 'Learn our history'
theGRIO REPORT - Veteran NAACP leader and former professor of civil rights Julian Bond hopes that renewed interest in activism sparked by Trayvon Martin's death can bear fruit...
Anti-gay marriage amendment divides NC
theGRIO REPORT - Key African-American leaders are aggressively mobilizing in North Carolina to persuade the state's black voters to oppose a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage that is on the ballot on Tuesday here...
WATCH: 93-year-old fights new voter ID laws
VIDEO - Viviette Applewhite, a 93-year-old African-American women from Philadelphia, will be the lead plaintiff in the NAACP and ACLU's case against the state's new voter ID law...
NAACP holds rally for Trayvon Martin in LA
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Civil rights leaders and relatives of Trayvon Martin and a slain California teenager joined together at a Los Angeles rally Thursday...
NAACP cancels Allen West appearance
On Saturday, Allen West was set to be the keynote speaker at a fundraiser for his own district chapter of the NAACP...
