Rodney King funeral held in LA
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rodney King was remembered in Los Angeles on Saturday as a forgiving man who bore the scars of his infamous beating with dignity...
NYC marchers protest 'stop-and-frisk'
NEW YORK (AP) - A silent march by thousands of people in New York City protesting police 'stop-and-frisk' tactics on Sunday was punctuated by an explosion of loud voices...
Rodney King helped make police brutality public
OPINION - Before Rodney King, police brutality was not on the radar screen of white Americans, who were all too ready to buy into the notion of black criminality...
Sharpton: Rodney King a 'symbol of civil rights'
NEW YORK - On the day he planned to lead a march against a controversial police practice in New York, Rev. Al Sharpton commented on the death of Rodney King, a man he called 'symbol of civil rights'...
Sharpton will recieve BET's Humanitarian Award
BET is honoring Rev. Al Sharpton with its Humanitarian Award at their annual BET Awards, according to the New York Daily News...
Rev. Lowery: Equal rights for some, but not all is an 'oxymoron'
VIDEO - He has been 'fighting for rights for the powerless, giving a voice to the voiceless,' Rev. Al Sharpton explained...
N-word filled letter sent to Sanford city manager
theGRIO REPORT - A letter, sent via the City of Sanford's official letter, and addressed to the city manager, decries the treatment afforded the currently suspended police chief, Bill Lee.
Gingrich defeat shows limits of anti-Obama rhetoric
ANALYSIS - Unlike Romney, who argues the president is a good man who is simply ineffective in his job, Gingrich constantly went much further, casting Obama as opposed to religious freedom...
White Essence editor leaves over right-wing Facebook post
Michael Bullerdick, a white man who was acting as 'managing editor' at the black women's magazine Essence, recently left his position after snap-shots of his Facebook page revealed his staunch right-wing ideology...
National Action Network Awards feature Bill Cosby
theGRIO REPORT - The National Action Network NAN held its annual Keepers of the Dream Awards last night in New York City during a lavish star-studded affair held at Cipriani Wall Street...
