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January 17, 2011
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, a once feared and reviled dictator who was ousted in a popular…
January 17, 2011
WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) - LePage's attendance was "a political act that has nothing to do with his convictions," said Julie…
January 17, 2011
SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (AP) - Mississippi Winn, an upbeat former domestic worker known as "Sweetie," died Friday afternoon at Magnolia Manor…
January 17, 2011
ATLANTA (AP) - Arizona once resisted the notion of a federal King holiday -- and last year was the setting…
January 17, 2011
SURVEY - TheGrio assembled a group of 25 contemporary academics, artists and activists to assess the most influential black leaders…
January 17, 2011
theGRIO VIDEO - There are over 900 Martin Luther King Boulevards across the country. In Baltimore this street has been…
January 17, 2011
OPINION - Leaders do not always win, but leaders always call us to believe that we are capable of making…
January 17, 2011
VIDEO - Small businesses were a little less optimistic about future business conditions in December, ending four months of gains...
January 16, 2011
OPINION - It is our fault, not his, that Dr. King has been placed on a pedestal so high that…
January 15, 2011
ATLANTA (AP) - Martin Luther King III spoke Saturday at a dinner where the King Center is honoring the late…
January 15, 2011
Aretha Franklin has been vocal about which leading lady she would like to portray her on the big screen, and…
January 15, 2011
OPINION - The Steele era did have some pluses, but his perceived failures clearly outweighed his successes...
January 15, 2011
OPINION - The fight for a King national holiday has been bitter, contentious, and controversial from the first moment it…
January 15, 2011
OPINION - Let's remember our greatness, let's remember to be free and not slaves to every trend that comes along.…
January 14, 2011
VIDEO - A Title One school, Frayser receives federal dollars based on the number of students from low income families…
January 14, 2011
OPINION - To my parents, Martin Luther King was not some faraway figure on the page of a newspaper or…
January 14, 2011
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - "For that day, so many have died. For that day, so many have marched. So many…
January 14, 2011
ATLANTA (AP) - Seventy-seven percent of people interviewed in an AP-GfK poll say there has been significant progress toward King's…
January 14, 2011
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) - Steele got a standing ovation after his announcement following a rocky two-year tenure that saw…
January 14, 2011
NEW YORK - Cops say Rayquan Williams, of East Williamsburg, followed two women into elevators in Williamsburg, told them he…