Activism

Chicago activist learns from the past to influence the future

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Gil Scott-Heron was more than the 'Godfather of Rap'

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Why we still have a lot to learn from the Freedom Riders

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Where are this generation's Freedom Riders?

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Why Prince deserves props for his political activism

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Biden on black history: ‘A lot more to do, but damn, we’ve come a long way’

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Belafonte: Brando helped inspire documentary film

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Waka Flocka Flame among new faces for PETA

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TheGrio’s 100: Hydeia Broadbent, putting a face on the future of AIDS

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Civil rights activist Benjamin Hooks’ FBI file details racist threats against him

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George Clooney, MTV team up to help monitor Sudan vote

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Uganda court rules media cannot ‘out’ gay Ugandans

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Slideshow: TheGrio’s most uplifting stories of 2010

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Rosa Parks' political journey didn't begin on the bus

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Benched? Justice Thomas' wife takes less public role

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Barbershops remain a bastion for black community

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Pentecostal Bishop Arthur Brazier dies at 89

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Has Farrakhan’s stock fallen in the black community?

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Young black women take the lead in changing communities of color

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Slideshow: 20 marches that moved America

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